裤腰带

yóu yú wù jià shàng zhǎng wǒ men zhǐ hǎo lēi jǐn kù yāo dài le

由于物价上涨，我们只好勒紧裤腰带了。

With the price increases, we are all having to tighten our belts.

zài qí tā rén bù dé bù lēi jǐn kù yāo dài shí gěi fǎ guān tí gāo xīn shui shì bù hé shì de

在其他人不得不勒紧裤腰带时，给法官提高薪水是不合适的。

It would be unseemly for judges to receive pay increases when others are having to tighten their belts.