一分钟英语：On a Shoestring

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These are shoestrings（鞋带）. They tie up shoes.

Let’s see how Anna and Jonathan explain this one.

On a Shoestring 低成本的；用很少的钱；小本经营

Anna:Jonathan, I’m ready for the party! How do you like my shirt?

Jonathan:Um. I hope you didn’t pay a lot of money for that.

Anna:Not at all. I made it on a shoestring.

Jonathan:I can believe it.

Shoestrings do not cost a lot.

So if you do something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.

You can also use ’shoestring’ as an adjective.

Someone might say, ’I decorated my house on a shoestring budget.’

And that’s English in a Minute.