to get by on a shoestring - idiom meaning?

Question

What is the meaning of "to get by on a shoestring" idiom?

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Getting by on a shoestring could mean eating a lot of rice.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

There are many uses for this idiom.  For example, we can specifically state an activity:

It is possible to:

travel
operate a business
eat at a restaurant
and many other activities

on a shoestring.
 

When we use this idiom in the form, "get by on a shoestring", it refers to living one's life, with all its activities, using very little money.
 
"On a shoestring budget" means the planned expenditure of money for a certain activity is very small.
 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

Victor and Bruce are talking about continuing to repair and restore the race car they are working on together ...

Victor:  "We still have so many repairs to make on the car."
Bruce:   "Do you have any money?"
Victor:  "I only have $100."
Bruce:   "Well, then we will have to get by on a shoestring."

Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 1:

Ned and Grace are reminiscing about the early days of their marriage ...

Grace:  "Do you remember when we were first married?"
Ned:      "I sure do!  I was just starting my career so we had very little money."
Grace:  "Yes, we had to get by on a shoestring."

Answer 6

Idiom Definition:

"to get by on a shoestring"

to spend very little money to live one's life
 

Synonyms:
austere, austerity, care, careful, frugal, frugality, husbandry, miser, miserly, miserliness, parsimony, reduction, restraint, scrimp, skimp, thrift
 
 
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