Cut your coat according to your cloth

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User_gary

#335830 Mon, 05 Mar 07 08:33 AM

Please explain this idiom, (cut your coat according to your cloth).

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Lil' Ruby Rose

#335845 Mon, 05 Mar 07 09:43 AM

You must adapt according to the resources available to you.

The idiom comes from the idea of a tailor adapting what coat he could make according to how much fabric he had.

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