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
Davina	də-VEEN-ə	English (British)
Susanna	soo-ZAHN-nah (Italian), SOO-sahn-nah (Finnish), soo-ZAN-ə (English)	Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Gamaliel	gə-MAY-lee-əl (English)	Biblical
Tonka	-	Slovene, Croatian
Radomil	-	Czech, Medieval Slavic
Rory	RAWR-ee	Irish, Scottish