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
Hemingr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Tricia	TRISH-ə	English
Josh	[dʒɔʃ]
Claudia	KLAW-dee-ə (English), KLOW-dee-ah (German, Dutch), KLOW-dyah (Italian, Spanish, Romanian)	English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman
Reyhangul	-	Uyghur
Fenella	-	Scottish