tirare la cinghia

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Keith

Today’s Parola del Giorno is the verb expression, tirare la cinghia, which means to scrimp and save or to tighten one’s belt. You can see the word used in its context below:

Devo comprare un sacco di regali per Natale ma quest’anno dovrò un po’ tirare la cinghia per poter rientrare nelle spese.

I have to buy a ton of presents for Christmas, but this year I will have to scrimp and save so I can recover my expenses.

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