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English Idiom: On a shoestring
When a person does something on a shoestring, they do it with a tiny financial budget.
Think about the life of a college or university student.
They have no steady job, little money in their pockets, and spend a lot of time studying.
It’s a very frugal lifestyle.
There’s also a lot of Kraft dinner, instant noodles, and maybe just enough money for rent and bus fare.
That is living on a shoestring.
Hopefully, after graduation, things get better, but nothing is guaranteed.
Unfortunately, many people manage to live on a shoestring for their entire lives.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
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On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 66.
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