pull in (one's) horns

Übersetzungen
умерить пыл
After the financial loss, he had to pull in his horns and cut down on expenses.
После финансовых потерь ему пришлось умерить пыл и сократить расходы.
Definitionen
To reduce one's ambitions, demands, or activities, often due to caution, fear, or a need to be more conservative; to become less aggressive or assertive.
Wörter
pull

verb
умерить
in

präposition
в
one

pronomen
свой
is

funktionswort
есть
horns

substantiv
рога