Money & finance
tighten your belt
spend less money
To spend less and economize, especially when money is limited or costs are rising.
Hear it in real life
Are you still going away next weekend?
Probably not. We need to tighten our belts for a while.
We are tightening our belts this month, so we are cooking at home more often.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We need to tighten our belts down this month.
Say: We need to tighten our belts this month.
The idiom ends at “belts”; “down” does not belong in it.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
tighten your belt; have to tighten your belt
Your turn: say it out loud
We are tightening our belts this month, so we are cooking at home more often.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
tighten your belt
spend less money
“We are tightening our belts this month, so we are cooking at home more often.”
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