B2🍝 Food
Fare le nozze con i fichi secchi
to do something big on a shoestring
Literal Translation
"To celebrate a wedding with dried figs"
What it means
To try to do something important with very few resources
Example in context
"Non puoi organizzare una conferenza internazionale con quel budget — non si possono fare le nozze con i fichi secchi."
"You can't organize an international conference with that budget — you can't do something big with so little."
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