tighten one's belt

Spend less, be more frugal, as in Business has been bad, so we'll have to tighten our belts. This metaphoric term alludes to pulling in one's belt after losing weight from not having enough to eat. [First half of 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Petrus	PE-truws (German)	Dutch, German, Biblical Latin
Phaedrus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Adonijah	ad-ə-NIE-jə (English)	Biblical
Triinu	-	Estonian
Grania	GRAWN-ya	Irish
Kfir	-	Hebrew