"If money doesn't come in, you have got to
cut your cloth accordingly.
READING Mayor Anderson's letter (Answer for Maeve, ECHO letters, April 4), the Mayor explains his spending, saying you have to
cut your cloth accordingly, but the concern a lot of people have is that he is trying to cut a suit for Cyril Smith when he only has enough for Norman Wisdom.
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McCarthy said: "With Dave, his record has been excellent but like everyone else, you have to
cut your cloth accordingly.
I call on all politicians
cut your cloth to suit the times.
The advice of "
Cut your cloth according to the width" and "Never a lender or a borrower be" are useful to follow.
You
cut your cloth accordingly, That's something you'd often say, I didn't understand what you meant, Until the day you passed away.
"If you don't have someone there to pump the money in you have to
cut your cloth accordingly, but it's very difficult these days to get everything right."
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CUT YOUR CLOTH ACCORDINGLY "This is absolutely vital," says Paul Blake.
"You have to
cut your cloth accordingly and get what you are given.
"You've got to
cut your cloth accordingly and if that means giving up your own little luxuries then that is what you do."
Thompson stormed: "You have to
cut your cloth accordingly, but I think we've probably got the lowest wage bill in the division.
McGhee said: "You have to
cut your cloth according when there is not much money to spend, but I feel Mixu represents good value for money."
You have to
cut your cloth according to your means," he added.
