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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
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cut your coat according to your cloth

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

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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.

  • 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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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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