We used to make do and mend much more.

我们曾经更多会把东西修修补补将就用。

So my generation, my parents, you know, definitely came from that 'make do and mend' era post war in the sort of 20th century.

所以，我这一代，我的父母，你知道，绝对来自20世纪战后那种修修补补将就用的时代。

Many WI sessions taught how to make do and mend, whether it was competing to create the best article of child's clothing from a flour bag or turning stockings into mittens or learning to knit with dog wool.

很多次妇女协会的会议内容都是培训妇女怎么修补旧的物品，将就着使用，包括比赛着用面粉袋给孩子做一身“好衣服”，袜子改做手套，以及学习用狗毛织毛衣。

The EAC has recommended eighteen improvements to the UK government, from increasing tax on purchases to fund recycling centres to introducing more sewing lessons in schools, encouraging a make do and mend attitude when things become threadbare.

EAC 向英国政府提出了 18 项改进建议，从增加采购税到资助回收中心， 再到在学校开设更多缝纫课程， 鼓励在事情变得破旧时采取凑合修补的态度。