draw in horns



draw/pull in your horns

to act in a more careful way than you did before, especially by spending less money He'll have to draw in his horns, now that he's lost his job.
See lock horns
See also: draw, horn

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lavinia-Roman Mythology, Romanian
Sanni-Finnish
Malvina[mæl'vi:nə]
Forest['fɔrist]
BenjÁMin-Hungarian
Teodors-Latvian