live beyond one's means
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live beyond one's means
verb lives beyond one's means · living beyond one's means · lived beyond one's means
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Have a lifestyle where one's spending regularly exceeds one's income.
When young people first leave home, they often get into financial trouble living beyond their means. It is then that they start to learn some of the harsh realities of life.
Opposite: live within one's means, cut one's coat according to one's cloth
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verb Translations
| Español | vivir por encima de tus posibilidades |
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| हिन्दी | घर में नहीं दाने अम्मा चली भुनाने ghar mẽ nahī̃ dāne ammā calī bhunāne |
| Français | vivre au-dessus de ses moyens, griveler |
| Deutsch | über seine Verhältnisse leben |
| Italiano | vivere al di sopra dei propri mezzi |
| Русский | жить не по сре́дствам žitʹ ne po srédstvam |
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