2006-10-08 16:53:52 · 7 answers · asked by Marcelle 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
look at it this way: how much does a pair of shoestring cost? that's as much money as you can afford to spend literally for anything if you had a shoestring budget.
figuratively, the term is now used to mean "very tight budget"
2006-10-08 20:26:41 · answer #1 · answered by saberlingo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means doing something for as little money as possible... for example "we went on a 1 week vacation to the Grand Canyon on a shoe string budget" might mean that we hitchhiked all the way there.. no cost, camped the night at rest areas and on the side of the road .. no cost, brought with us some canned food and cereal to eat..very low cost.. Total cost of vacation for a week $60.00 each ..This was a very low cost vacation..we did it on a shoestring budget!
2006-10-09 00:05:13 · answer #2 · answered by MeInUSA 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The term shoe string is from baseball and the expression means in baseball terms that it is a hit as opposed to a miss, so a shoe string budget means that the budget looks good and it is in the positive as opposed to the negative. The budget is in tact as opposed to debt
2006-10-08 23:59:52 · answer #3 · answered by poshbaby24 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Something done on a shoestring budget means it's done as inexpensively as possible.
2006-10-09 00:05:29 · answer #4 · answered by Voodoo Doll 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On a very short or small amount of money or income...
2006-10-09 00:03:01 · answer #5 · answered by Noclone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means your broke as heck, and can not afford whatever it is you want to buy, or do
2006-10-09 00:07:11 · answer #6 · answered by kathkrumm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure you can afford to ask this question?
2006-10-08 23:56:36 · answer #7 · answered by Mark 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋