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Meanings of shoestring in English
Usage of shoestring in English
1
Production values are bargain basement, thanks no doubt to a shoestring budget.
2
Whoever managed this was clearly working on a shoestring, with limited resources.
3
He sat down in the door and began to loosen a shoestring.
4
But, unlike in Continental countries, our atlas is produced on a shoestring.
5
But, of course, not all Uighurs in Shanghai live on a shoestring.
6
The lawsuits mean additional expenses for a man on a shoestring budget.
7
We go classic; the mid-point of a shoestring and a fatter fry.
8
We had to live off a shoestring for the first few years.
9
Then tug on the shoestring, and we'll pull you right back up.
10
But how do Irish poetry magazines, run on a shoestring, stay afloat?
11
I'm about as much use as a shoestring for a buttoned boot.
12
Unlike the Flight Control Room at NASA, this was clearly a shoestring operation.
13
It manages to mount around 10 exhibitions a year on a shoestring budget.
14
Turkey Where east meets west, travel on a shoestring in Turkey.
15
In New Zealand, directors turn out music videos on shoestring budgets, harnessing No.
16
We've run this on a shoestring - not entirely by choice.
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Translations for shoestring
Spanish
Shoestring through the time
Shoestring across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common