Do something on a shoestring budget
Do something on the cheap
Far le nozze coi fichi secchi
Do something on the cheap
Far le nozze coi fichi secchi
Meanings
To be closefisted on an important event
Examples
Un ricevimento per 50 persone con poche decine di Euro? È da pazzi! Tu vorresti fare le nozze coi fichi secchi
A cocktail-party for 50 guests with only a few tens of dollars? That's foolish! You can't do something like this on the cheap