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- stretch (one's) legs according to the coverlet
stretch (one's) legs according to the coverlet
stretch (one's) legs according to the coverlet
To not spend more money than one makes; to adapt to one's current financial situation. The image is of one positioning oneself as best as possible in a bed that is too small. This new job doesn't pay as well as my old one, so I really need to stretch my legs according to the coverlet and budget responsibly.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Eluned | | el-IN-ed, el-EEN-ed | Welsh |
| RocÍO | | ro-THEE-o (Spanish), ro-SEE-o (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
| Rhys | | HREES (Welsh), REES (English) | Welsh |
| Linwood | | LIN-wuwd | English |
| Sylvi | | SUYL-vee (Finnish) | Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish |
| OnÓRa | | - | Irish |