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.