量入為出

英文翻譯

cut one's coat according to one's cloth
keep expenditures within the limits of income; make both ends meet
pay as you go
【經】 measure expenditure by income

例句：

1. 什麼，應該量入為出？——我們雖然窮，哈里，可我們還沒窮到那么糟糕呢。
   Live within our means? - we may be poor, Harry, but we are not that badly off.
2. 什麼，應該量入為出？——我們雖然窮，哈里，可我們還沒究到那么糟呢。
   Live within our means?—We may be poor, Harry, but we are not that badly off.

量入為出漢語解釋：

量入為出的意思 ∶支出在數量或程度上不超過收入 居家過日子要量入為出 ∶根據收入情況確定支出限度 並用籌策,計較府庫,量入為出。;;《三國志;衛覬傳》詳細解釋根據國家收入數額來確定支出數額的財政原則。始於 周 朝，