Sense: to make sacrifices and reduce one's standard of living
If the economy gets worse, we shall just have to tighten our belts.
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 Afrikaans: rieme dunner sny |
 Arabic: يَشُد الحِزام، يُنْزِلُ م |
 Bulgarian: затягам колана |
 Brazilian: apertar o cinto |
 Czech: utáhnout si opasek |
 German: den Gürtel enger schnalle |
 Danish: spænde livremmen ind |
 Greek: σφίγγω το ζωνάρι |
 Spanish: apretar(se) el cinturón |
 Estonian: püksirihma pingutama |
 Farsi: امساک کردن؛ سختی کشیدن |
 Finnish: kiristää vyötään |
 French: se serrer la ceinture |
 Hebrew: לְהַדֵק אֶת הַחֲגוֹרָה |
 Croatian: pritegnuti remen |
 Hungarian: összébb húzza a nadrágszí |
 Indonesian: menghemat |
 Icelandic: herða sultarólina |
 Italian: tirare la cinghia |
 Japanese: 切りつめる |
 Korean: 허리띠를 졸라매다, 절약하다 |
 Lithuanian: suveržti diržą |
 Latvian: savilkt ciešāk siksnu |
 Malay: mengikat perut |
 Dutch: de buikriem aanhalen |
 Norwegian: stramme beltet |
 Polish: zacisnąć pasa |
 Portuguese: apertar o cinto |
 Romanian: a strânge cureaua |
 Russian: потуже затянуть пояс |
 Slovak: utiahnuť si opasok |
 Slovenian: zategniti pas |
 Serbian: stegnuti kaiš |
 Swedish: draåt svångremmen |
 Thai: ประหยัด |
 Turkish: kemerini sıkmak |
 Taiwanese: 勒緊褲帶，節約度日 |
 Ukrainian: покласти зуби на полицю |
 Urdu: قرباني دينا، معيار زندگي |
 Vietnamese: chi tiêu chắt bóp |
 Chinese: 勒紧裤带，节约度日 |
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