Cut your cloth according to your cloth means to only buy what you have enough money to pay for. Take for example some peoples have a very low income but their expanses are very high.Typically above their average income and there fore they are unable to fulfill their desires with such a low income. For them it is advisable to fulfill their desires according to their income.
cut your coat according to your cloth means to do whatever you want within your ability.
budget wisely.
cut your coat according to your cloth?
budget wisely.
tell a story that ends with the advice' cut your coat according to your cloth
plan your ambitions in line with your resources
don't be who you are not
To plan one's aims and activities in line with one's resources and circumstances.
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The idea in it is : We should live within our means. We should not spend more than we earn.
When you give a piece of cloth to a tailor he first measures it and then decides what kind of cloth to make,will he ever make a coat that requires more cloth than you have given ...na neveh so is it wid ur expenses ...u shld spnd according to ur ernings ...odrwise u will land in gr8 trouble...
I believe the phrase is "to cut the cloth according to it's width", which is to say, do the best (or make do) with what you've got. A tailoring/dressmaking expression? You lay the pattern on the cloth to fit it in.