cut one's coat according to one's cloth

Verb

 * 1)  To live within one's means, without spending more than is affordable.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 量力而行
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: elää suu säkkiä myöten
 * Georgian: ჭამა ქონებაზე ჰკიდიაო
 * German: sich nach der Decke strecken
 * Icelandic: sníða sér stakk eftir vexti
 * Italian: fare il passo secondo la gamba
 * Kazakh: көрпеңе қарай көсіл
 * Latin: pes sic tendatur ne lodix protereatur
 * Malay: ukur baju di badan sendiri
 * Russian: по одёжке протя́гивай но́жки
 * Swedish: