これにはshoestring budgetと呼ばれ靴ひもを買うだけでなくなってしまうくらいの予算と表現されます。「わずかな予算で」はon a shoestring budgetといいます。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjWhYZroIIo 0:31 three-course meal for four on a shoestring budget 四人分の3品料理を40ドル以下の予算で
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpcvEdGf1f4 0:25 同上
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS0VEVdsvzE 0:27 budget friendly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hzHX3qK8r4 1:01 in 1948 London again staged the games on a shoestring budget. nicknamed the 'austerity games' this time, 4000 athletes from 59 nations competed.
練習問題解答
a-2515 on a shoestring budget
b-4389 on a small budget
b-6078 on less than $140 a month