shoestring

English

Etymology

From shoe + string

Noun

shoestring (plural shoestrings)

1. the string or lace used to secure the shoe to the foot; a shoelace

   Your shoestring is untied.

2. a tight budget; very little money

   He did all that on a shoestring budget.

3. a long narrow cut of a food; a julienne

   shoestring French fries

Translations

the string or lace used to secure the shoe to the foot; a shoelace

• Russian: шнурок (ru) (šnurok) m

a tight budget

• Russian: небольшая сумма денег (ru) (nebolʹšaja summa deneg), небольшие сбережения (ru) (nebolʹšije sbereženija)

a long narrow cut of a food; a julienne

• Russian: соломка (ru) (solomka)

See also

• shoelace
• on a shoestring