penny-pinching什么意思
1. 小气：penny-in-the-slot 自动贩卖机 | penny-pinching 小气 | penny-wise 省小钱的
2. 吝啬的：12. Patronizing 盛气凌人的/ 以长辈身份的 | 13. Penny-pinching 吝啬的 | 14. Illiterate 没有知识的
3. 小气,不愿花钱：Water cooler chat 办公室里闲聊 | Penny Pinching 小气,不愿花钱 | Gobsmacked 瞠目结舌
noun
1. extreme care in spending money
reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Synonym: parsimony parsimoniousness thrift
adj
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1. giving or spending with reluctance
e.g. our cheeseparing administration
very close (or near) with his money
a penny-pinching miserly old man
Synonym: cheeseparing close near skinny