"on a shoestring" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-on a shoestring.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on a shoestring, {{en-PP}} on a shoestring
  1. (idiomatic) On a very tight budget; with few resources or little money. Tags: idiomatic Translations (on a very tight budget): vähin varoin (Finnish), avec des bouts de ficelle (French), fillérekből (Hungarian), kis költségvetésből (Hungarian), budżetowo (Polish), на мели́ (na melí) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-on_a_shoestring-en-prep_phrase--bF6J53A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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