| Idiom | Tighten Your Belt |
|---|---|
| Example | Sonny's boss won't give him a pay raise but his rent went up. Now he has to tighten his belt. |
| Meaning | to live on less money; to make sacrifices and lower one's standard of living |
| Origin | If you have less money to spend, you'll probably buy less food. If you eat less, you'll probably lose weight. If you lose weight, you'll have to tighten your belt. That's what the person who created this saying had in mind. |
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