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    shoestring

    US /ˈʃuˌstrɪŋ/

    ・

    UK /ˈʃu:strɪŋ/

    C2
    n.NounOn a shoestring with the smallest amount of money
    He managed it on a shoestring

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    The Vocabulary Show: Travel ✈️✈️✈️ Learn 27 words and expressions about travel in 12 minutes!

    12:00The Vocabulary Show: Travel ✈️✈️✈️ Learn 27 words and expressions about travel in 12 minutes!
    • Now the type of hotel you are staying at will depend on whether you are travelling on a shoestring budget or whether you want to splurge out.

      Now the type of hotel you are staying at will depend on whether you are travelling on a shoestring budget or whether you want to splurge out.

    • If you are traveling 'on a shoestring', it means you are travelling with very little money.

      If you are traveling 'on a shoestring', it means you are travelling with very little money.

    B1

    Food Theory: Costco DOESN’T Save You Money!

    13:53Food Theory: Costco DOESN’T Save You Money!
    • You might be led to believe that the average Costco shopper is lower income or a blue collar worker on a shoestring.

      You might be led to believe that the average Costco shopper is lower income or a blue collar worker on a shoestring.

    • You might be led to believe that the average Costco shopper is lower income or a blue-collar worker on a shoestring,

      You might be led to believe that the average Costco shopper is lower income or a blue-collar worker on a shoestring,

    B1

    Rachel's Hairless Cat from Hell | Friends

    04:49Rachel's Hairless Cat from Hell | Friends
    • It would sit in my lap and purr all day long, and I would drag a shoestring on the ground, and it would taste it.

      It would sit in my lap and purr all day long, and I would drag a shoestring on the ground, and it would taste it.

    • and I would drag a shoestring on the ground, and it would chase it.

      and I would drag a shoestring on the ground, and it would chase it.

    A2

    Top 10 Most Underrated Slasher Movies of All Time

    12:03Top 10 Most Underrated Slasher Movies of All Time
    • The film was also revolutionary in its special effects, even with a shoestring budget.

      The film was also revolutionary in its special effects, even with a shoestring budget.

    • The film was also revolutionary in its special effects, even with a shoestring budget.

      The film was also revolutionary in its special effects, even with a shoestring budget.

    B2

    Top 10 Ways to Cook Potatoes That’ll Change Your Life

    10:14Top 10 Ways to Cook Potatoes That’ll Change Your Life
    • It doesn't matter whether you prefer your fries crinkle cut or shoestring made out of sweet potatoes or Idaho russets, there is a French fry for every palate.

      It doesn't matter whether you prefer your fries crinkle cut or shoestring made out of sweet potatoes or Idaho russets, there is a French fry for every palate.

    • It doesn't matter whether you prefer your fries crinkle cut or shoestring.

      It doesn't matter whether you prefer your fries crinkle cut or shoestring.

    B2

    Content Marketing Advice and Tips On Strategy

    07:39Content Marketing Advice and Tips On Strategy
    • To do some good videos and to market it properly, you can do it on a shoestring budget.

      To do some good videos and to market it properly, you can do it on a shoestring budget.

    • videos and to market it properly you can do it on a shoestring budget.

      videos and to market it properly you can do it on a shoestring budget.

    A2

    France's Alsace

    25:30France's Alsace
    • Even vacationers traveling on a shoestring should spring for a fine meal in Alsace.

      Even vacationers traveling on a shoestring should spring for a fine meal in Alsace.

    • EVEN VACATIONERS TRAVELING ON A SHOESTRING

      EVEN VACATIONERS TRAVELING ON A SHOESTRING

    B2

    Kevin Systrom: From Stanford to Startup [Entire Talk]

    54:47Kevin Systrom: From Stanford to Startup [Entire Talk]
    • And it turns out that you can get a lot done on a shoestring budget, especially with all these incubators and things that are happening these days.

      And it turns out that you can get a lot done on a shoestring budget, especially with all these incubators and things that are happening these days.

    • And it turns out that you can get a lot done on a shoestring budget,

      And it turns out that you can get a lot done on a shoestring budget,

    A2

    Why Los Angeles Is Americas Most Confusing City

    08:05Why Los Angeles Is Americas Most Confusing City
    • It is strangely shaped, mainly due to the Shoestring Strip, which is a long narrow strip of land that connects the main city to the port towns of Wilmington and San Pedro.

      It is strangely shaped, mainly due to the Shoestring Strip, which is a long narrow strip of land that connects the main city to the port towns of Wilmington and San Pedro.

    • It is strangely shaped, mainly due to the shoestring strip,

      It is strangely shaped, mainly due to the shoestring strip,

    B1

    Where Zombies Come From

    07:25Where Zombies Come From
    • Night of the Dead, in its neorealist black-and-white style, is a smart, tightly crafted story made on a shoestring budget, with a third act that is absolutely brutal and punishing even now, 50 years later.

      Night of the Dead, in its neorealist black-and-white style, is a smart, tightly crafted story made on a shoestring budget, with a third act that is absolutely brutal and punishing even now, 50 years later.

    • Night of the Dead, in its neorealist black and white style, is a smart, tightly crafted story made on a shoestring budget with a third act that is absolutely brutal and punishing.

      Night of the Dead, in its neorealist black and white style, is a smart, tightly crafted story made on a shoestring budget with a third act that is absolutely brutal and punishing.

    B2