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Phrase(s): cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth [and] cut one’s coat to suit one’s cloth
Prov. to plan one’s aims and activities in line with one’s resources and circumstances. • We would like a bigger house, but we must cut our coat according to our cloth. • They can’t afford a vacation abroad—they have to cut their coat according to their cloth.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs