shoestring

n.

1. See shoelace.
2. A small sum of money; capital that is barely adequate: a company that started on a shoestring.

adj.

1. Long and slender: shoestring potatoes.
2. Marked by or consisting of a small amount of money: a shoestring budget.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a lace used for fastening shoes
  Synonyms: shoelace, shoe lace, shoe string

Meaning #2: a small amount of money
  Synonym: shoe string

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skobånd, snørebånd
adj. - utilstrækkelig, meget lille

idioms:

• on a shoestring    fra hånden og i munden

Nederlands (Dutch)
schoenveter, weinig

Français (French)
n. - (US) lacet de chaussure
adj. - lacé

idioms:

• on a shoestring    avec peu d'argent

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schuhband, winziger Geldbetrag
adj. - (Slang) miserabel

idioms:

• on a shoestring    mit ganz wenig Geld

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κορδόνι παπουτσιών, ελάχιστα χρήματα

idioms:

• on a shoestring    (καθομ.) με ανεπαρκή (οικονομικά) μέσα

Italiano (Italian)
laccio da scarpe, quattro soldi, ridotto

idioms:

• on a shoestring    con quattro soldi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cordão de sapato (m)

idioms:

• on a shoestring    com muito pouco dinheiro

Русский (Russian)
шнурок для ботинок, небольшая сумма денег

idioms:

• on a shoestring    начать дело без капитала

Español (Spanish)
n. - cordón de zapato
adj. - precario, escaso

idioms:

• on a shoestring    con muy poco dinero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skosnöre, skoband

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
鞋带, 马铃薯条, 小额资本, 鞋带似狭长的, 小规模的, 资金极少的, 微弱的, 不牢靠的

idioms:

• on a shoestring    小本经营地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鞋帶, 馬鈴薯條, 小額資本
adj. - 鞋帶似狹長的, 小規模的, 資金極少的, 微弱的, 不牢靠的

idioms:

• on a shoestring    小本經營地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 구두 끈 , 영세 자금, 적은 돈
adj. - 위태위태한, 가까스로의, 시시한

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 靴ひも, わずかな金

idioms:

• on a shoestring    わずかなもとでで

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شريط ألحذاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שרוך נעל, סכום זעום‬
adj. - ‮ארוך, דק, זעום‬

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