On a shoestring

Definition

shoestring /'ʃu:strÇŋ/ n ( esp US ) ဖိနပ္ႀကိဳး။ adj ( infml ) ေငြမစို႔မပို႔ျဖင့္။ a shoestring budget. ❏ on a shoestring [ IDM ] ( infml ) ၿခိဳးၿခိဳးၿခံၿခံ။ travel round the world on a shoestring.

Examples

1. ‘With only $24 million at her disposal
2. less than 2% of the UN's budget
3. she is operating on a shoestring and facing problems that would have daunted Sisyphus.’
4. ‘The shop has helped me to get married on a shoestring
5. and yet still be able to wear a stunning dress for the occasion.’
6. ‘Many of the small neighborhood stores and restaurants
7. particularly those in poor areas
8. were already operating on a shoestring.’
9. ‘A documentary on the subject
10. made on a shoestring
11. has proved a surprise hit and reaped a small fortune.’
12. ‘It was comparatively cheap to other courses but was always run on a shoestring.’
13. ‘Having proven his ability to operate successfully on a shoestring budget he is regarded as a prime candidate to return to the cash-strapped club he served for many years.’
14. ‘Most B&B owners aren't millionaires
15. we run our budget on a shoestring so this is desperate for us.’
16. ‘It operates on a shoestring so it may be unkind to point to the very poor production values
17. but it and others have solved problems more creatively than is the case here.’
18. ‘Readers might well ask how on earth it can be that a website operating on a shoestring is left to provide such a vital and basic service to the public.’
19. ‘The consensus of everyone is that it will be painful
20. but you cannot run a council as large as ours on a shoestring.’
21. ‘A real Scottish success story
22. this not-for-profit business was launched on a shoestring in 1999
23. and now reaches out to 500 social entrepreneurs.’
24. ‘All its success is built on a shoestring
25. and now it must make more cuts.’
26. ‘I don't want them living on a shoestring unless they absolutely have to.’
27. ‘He said the eclectic team included ‘students
28. young graduates
29. bank managers and housewives’
30. all operating on a shoestring.’
31. ‘It was such a rags to riches story which the brothers did on a shoestring.’
32. ‘It brings prestige to Scotland on a shoestring
33. and a great deal is done by people for whom it's a crusade
34. not a job.’
35. ‘Even that sort of budget
36. says Blair
37. means ‘you run on a shoestring: you spend no money on a motor-home and stay in cheap hotels.’’
38. ‘However
39. despite throwing a walloping £19 million at a system that worked very well thank you on a shoestring
40. the corps has not been an unqualified success.’
41. ‘Her organisation
42. already operating on a shoestring
43. is likely to close
44. after nearly six years of campaigning.’
45. ‘Working on a shoestring - ‘I had some wheeling and dealing to do because we didn't have a penny in the piggy bank.’’