量入为出

量入为出 [liàng rù wéi chū]

1. ■ make both ends meet; adjust one's expense to one's income; base one's expenditures upon one's income; cut one's coat according to one's cloth; keep expenditures within the limit of income; keep expenses within one's income; limit expenditures in accordance with one's income; limit one's coat according to one's cloth; limit one's expenses by one's income; live within one's means; measure [regulate] the expenditure by one's income; not spend more than one's income; pay as you go; plan one's expenditures in the light of one's income; proportion the expenses to the receipts [to one's income]; spend no more than one earns [one's income]; stretch one's legs according to the coverlet; Stretch [Put] your arm [hand] no further than your sleeve will reach.