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jeyben [28]
3 years ago
12

What is the meaning of the expression on a shoestring?

English
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hichkok12 [17]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

on a shoestring. With very limited financial means, as in The newlyweds were living on a shoestring. The precise allusion in this term is unclear. One fanciful theory is that debtors in British prisons would lower a shoe by its laces from a window so as to collect funds from visitors or passers-by.

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