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NaturalCourt Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Stretch

On a supermarket circular:

"savings to stretch your budget"

I am not sure about the idiomatic meaning here, but it seems to be something good.
But, somewhere on the internet, I found this:

"The extra expenses stretched the budget."

, in which "stretch" seems to mean something bad.

So,"stretch" could be good or bad. Am I wrong?
  

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Interesting. The parent expression is "stretch a dollar", I think, to figuratively make it bigger and therefore able to buy more (by literally buying less expensive things). The supermarket flyer writer must have had that dimly in mind when he wrote "savings to stretch your budget".

— Enoon

  • Interesting.
  • The parent expression is "stretch a dollar", I think, to figuratively make it bigger and therefore able to buy more (by literally buying less expensive things).
  • The supermarket flyer writer must have had that dimly in mind when he wrote "savings to stretch your budget".
  • The problem is that to stretch a budget already means the other thing, to thin it out or fill it near to breaking.
  • The supermarket guy messed up a little, but we all know what he meant, and it ain't F.
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Interesting. The parent expression is "stretch a dollar", I think, to figuratively make it bigger and therefore able to buy more (by literally buying less expensive things). The supermarket flyer writer must have had that dimly in mind when he wrote "savings to stretch your budget". The problem is that to stretch a budget already means the other thing, to thin it out or fill it near to breaking. T
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"Savings to stretch your budget" means that you can save a lot on sale items at this supermarket, thereby allowing your budget to accommodate more than it usually would. For example, if your spending budget for a month is $100 and you normally spend $50 on food, but with the sale items you spend only $30, then you have $20 more than you usually would. So, in a sense, it is as though your budget
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NaturalCourtOn a supermarket circular:"savings to stretch your budget"I am not sure about the idiomatic meaning here,
It means extend your budget to a sufficient limit.
NaturalCourt"The extra expenses stretched the budget.", in which "stretch" seems to mean something bad.
I don't think so. There is no question of good
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