thắt lưng buộc bụng

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === thắt lưng (“to tighten your belt”, literally “to tighten your back”) +‎ buộc (“to tie”) +‎ bụng (“belly”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰat̚˧˦ lɨŋ˧˧ ʔɓuək̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓʊwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰak̚˦˧˥ lɨŋ˧˧ ʔɓuək̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓʊwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰak̚˦˥ lɨŋ˧˧ ʔɓuək̚˨˩˨ ʔɓʊwŋ͡m˨˩˨] === Verb === thắt lưng buộc bụng (figurative, economics, government) to tighten one's belt, or more extremely, to be forced into austerity by the government