Cut your coat according to your cloth : 형편[돈]이 되는 범위 내에서만 쓰다, 분수에 맞게 살아라
1)
this talks about spending money or using resources
try to make the best of your money and to shop in accordance with your finanial resources
you plans your aims the things that you do should be in line with what you can afford to do
do what you have enough money to do or the ability to do but don't try to go too far
don't be more ambitious than your resources will allow
primarily , this does talk about money
use your budget wisely
use it according to what you can afford to do
Do things that are appropriate when you make plans or decisions based on what you have and what you can do, not what you would like to do or what you would ideally like to do
your actions should suit your circumstances
you need to take into account your resources
you need to live within your means
don't buy things that ar not affordable for you
2)
if I've only got a very limited amount of money to spend on food, I shouldn't start buying caviar or expensive things
you will go banckrupt unless you start cutting your coat accroding to your cloth
I'am no longer a spring chicken so the idea of me going to climb Mount Everest, no I should cut my coat according to my cloth
if I have a low salary then the idea of going on a six-week Caribbean cruise is not cutting my coat according to my cloth
a country that has a liminted amount of water shouldn't focus on huge great big grass lawns, maybe you should focus more succulent plants
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