He wore an ultramarine-blue woollen shirt laced down the front with a pearl-gray, exaggerated sort of shoestring, indestructible brown duck clothes, inevitable high-heeled boots with Mexican spurs, and a Mexican straw sombrero.
Even on a shoestring budget of an intern, I was always able to afford a cute top or a stylish pair of shoes — and that was thanks to the glut of cheap, trendy clothes that retailers churn out at a breakneck pace.
"As the project is run largely through volunteer efforts on a shoestring budget, it will proceed at a pace reflecting the practical limitations of donated time.
Reason 3:Tesla has upended the auto industry on a relatively shoestring budget.
On a shoestring In a thrifty manner; with costs or spending down to a bare minimum Example: She lives on a shoestring she gets a tiny pension and has to budget very tightly.
49 On a shoestring In a thrifty manner; with costs or spending down to a bare minimum Example: She lives on a shoestring – she gets a tiny pension and has to budget very tightly.
The film was made on a shoestring.
On a shoestring In a thrifty manner; with costs or spending down to a bare minimum Example: She lives on a shoestring she gets a tiny pension and has to budget very tightly.