economize on food and clothing

economize on food and clothing

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Su ō y ī s è sh í, which means to save food, clothing and life. From Cui Gongren's epitaph.

The origin of Idioms

In the epitaph of Cui Gongren written by Mei Zengliang in Qing Dynasty, it is said that "my mother's tight clothes and frugal food and her comprehensive painting make me worry."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: frugal, frugal, frugal diet [antonym]: extravagant, wasteful

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, object, attribute and adverbial to describe frugality.