English idioms : Live within your means Dialogue Eric: It’s such a shame we are so broke. Everyone is splurging out there; I feel like two cents. Carl: Tomorrow is our pay day and we’re going to be loaded. Aren’t we? Eric: What we earn is just a drop in the ocean compared to Steven. Carl: That guy is born with a golden spoon in his mouth. It’s time you came down to earth and learned how to live within your means. Vocabulary Broke: (adj) having little or no money. Splurge: (v) spend (money) freely or extravagantly. Feel like two cents: to have a feeling of complete worthlessness or unimportance. Loaded: (adj) having a lot of money; wealthy. A drop in the ocean: a very small amount. Born with a golden spoon in one’s mouth: Born into a wealthy family. Come down to earth: to become realistic. Live within one’s means: to spend less or only as much money as one is earning.