1. While people like to talk about starting business on shoestrings, the truth is that starting a business costs a lot of money.
人们喜欢谈论用零星资金来创业，而事实上，创业需要花很多钱。
2. We were busy cutting out paper dolls; but we soon wearied of this amusement, and after cutting up our shoestrings and clipping all the leaves off the honeysuckle that were within reach, I turned my attention to Martha''s corkscrews.
当时我们俩正埋头剪纸娃娃玩儿，可是没多久我们就厌倦了这个游戏，于是，我们俩又开始剪树叶，我们把能够到的金银花叶子都剪了下来。
3. You must not expect him to come to you with vows and oaths and kiss your shoestrings.
你不可能期望他赌咒发誓地来俯就你，并且来吻你的鞋带儿。
4. To get his shoestrings he speculates in herds of cattle.
为了需要他的鞋带，他投机在畜牧之中。
1. On a normal night the street would be buzzing with peddlers selling everything from shoestrings to fruit.
2. When walking in forest, please note to fasten your shoestrings and trousers legs and wear scarfs.
3. " These kids got to tie up their shoestrings a little tighter, " Myers said.