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These are shoestrings(鞋带). They tie up shoes.
Let’s see how Anna and Jonathan explain this one.
On a Shoestring 低成本的;用很少的钱;小本经营
Anna:Jonathan, I’m ready for the party! How do you like my shirt?
Jonathan:Um. I hope you didn’t pay a lot of money for that.
Anna:Not at all. I made it on a shoestring.
Jonathan:I can believe it.
Shoestrings do not cost a lot.
So if you do something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
You can also use ’shoestring’ as an adjective.
Someone might say, ’I decorated my house on a shoestring budget.’
And that’s English in a Minute.
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