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Submitted by itieknots on October 3, 2008 - 10:05am.
A:'Tightening the purse strings' means cutting back on expenditure - stopping being wasteful or extravagant.
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what does get to stepping mean

Submitted by ags on October 1, 2008 - 4:50pm.
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Mother had enough dinner to feed and army.

Submitted by yawner1976 on September 30, 2008 - 8:30pm.

is this an idiom

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what does tightening the purse strings mean?

Submitted by nbhand03 on September 26, 2008 - 1:10am.
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Submitted by SteveMoonUK on September 25, 2008 - 11:38am.
A:I believe the term is actually "from the Cradle to the Grave", which means during the whole of your life. It may be based on the idea that the cradle (= small bed for a baby) represents the beginning of a life, the grave (= burying place) represents the end of a life.
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What does 'from the cradle to the crave' mean?

Submitted by davidl on September 24, 2008 - 8:53am.
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Submitted by richardr on September 24, 2008 - 2:00am.
A:Male sperm is mostly protein - so if someone suggests you need more protein (in a sexual connotation) they are suggesting you need sperm. . . how you get that sperm into you I guess is up to you!!
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Submitted by richardr on September 24, 2008 - 1:58am.
A:Male sperm is mostly protein. . . So if someone says you need more protein (in a sexual way) they are implying that you need sperm . . . How you get that sperm I guess is up to you!!
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Submitted by richardr on September 24, 2008 - 1:56am.
A:Curtail means to reduce or restrict. . .As in . . . "I don't get paid until next week, so I will need to curtail my spending until then"
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