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по одежке протягивай ножки stresses
gen.	cut your cloth accordingly (My mother always says "cut your cloth accordingly" meaning if you can't afford it, do without until you can. ArcticFox); cut the coat according to the cloth; cut your coat according to the cloth; live within means; you should adjust your expenditure to your income; stretch your legs according to your clothes; stretch one's legs according to the coverlet
idiom.	live within one's means
Makarov.	cut one's coat according to one's cloth; trim one's sails before the wind
proverb	cut one's coat according to one's cloth (букв.: при кройке исходи из наличного материала); cut the coat according to the cloth (букв.: при кройке исходи из наличного материала); stretch one's legs according to the coverlet; cut your coat according to your cloth (дословно: При кройке исходи из наличного материала); stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach (дословно: Не тяни руку дальше рукава); stretch your legs according to the coverlet (дословно: По длине одеяла протягивай и ноги)
по одёжке протягивай ножки
gen.	they who cannot as they will; must will as they may; you must cut your coat according to your cloth
Gruzovik, proverb	live within one's means
proverb	stretch your legs according to the coverlet; cut the coat according to the or your cloth (one has to keep within one's means and use what is available (I.e., adapt oneself to circumstances)); stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach; put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach; cut your coat according to the or your cloth (one has to keep within one's means and use what is available (I.e., adapt oneself to circumstances)); stretch your legs according to your coverlet; lay your game to your winning; they that have a good store of butter may lay it thick on their bread; stretch one's legs according to the coverlet
по одёжке протягивать ножки
gen.	make a penny go a great way
idiom.	cut one's cloth (Баян); cut one's coat to suit one's cloth (Баян)
по одежке протягивать ножки
gen.	cut the coat according to the cloth; live within income (Anglophile)
по одёжке протягивай ножки.D
proverb	cut your coat according to your cloth