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
Chifuniro-Southern African, Chewa
RosamondROZ-ə-mundEnglish
Abul-Fazl-Arabic
Dori-Hebrew
Beatriu-Catalan
Innes-Scottish