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    Idiom: Cut One's Coat According To One's Cloth

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    cut ones coat according to cloth 

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    To live within one's means, without spending more than is affordable.

    A-Z Proximities

    • cut it fine
    • cut loose
    • cut off one's nose to spite one's face
    • cut of one's jib
    • cut one loose
    • cut one's coat according to one's cloth
    • cut one's teeth
    • cut out
    • cut red tape
    • cut someone loose
    • cut someone some slack

    Similar Idioms

    • cut one's coat according to one's cloth
    • cut from the same cloth
    • turn one's coat
    • according to Cocker
    • according to Gunter
    • according to Hoyle
    • all fur coat and no knickers
    • back-cloth star
    • white coat hypertension
    • whole cloth
    • cut off one's nose to spite one's face
    • cut of one's jib
    • cut one loose
    • cut one's teeth
    • clear cut
    • cut about
    • cut above
    • cut a dash
    • cut a deal
    • cut a figure

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    • gospel according to luke
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    • gospel according to matthew
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    • chalice cloth
    • cloth cap
    • emery cloth
    • face cloth
    • chamois cloth
    • cleaning cloth
    • cloth covering
    • drop cloth
    • pilot cloth
    • sponge cloth
    • ground cloth
    • man of the cloth
    • monk's cloth
    • piece of cloth
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