SHOESTRING


Meaning of SHOESTRING in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a shoestring budget (= a very small budget )

The film had been made on a shoestring budget.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

budget

The books give all the insider know-how for staying and getting around a country on a shoestring budget .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Appleton was proud of having done much of his own research on a shoestring .

It was run on a shoestring at the best of times and Kelly was merely adding to his problems.

The books give all the insider know-how for staying and getting around a country on a shoestring budget.

The Halls are run by a shoestring staff: three full-time and five part-time.

The trade was extremely competitive and the vessels were run on a shoestring resulting in many losses.

This one, he admits, is a shoestring campaign.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.