pinch pennies

单词pinch pennies

基本解释

na.: 节俭
网络: 分斤掰两；精打细算；吝啬

例句

• We "ll have to spend money when necessary . Don"t try to pinch pennies all the time.

  该花钱时我们还是得花。别总是精打细算。

• But for those looking to pinch pennies, Asia was also home to the most-affordable city of the 214: Karachi, Pakistan, ranked dead last.

  不过，对于那些想省钱的人来说，亚洲也是214个城市中最便宜的城市所在地：巴基斯坦的卡拉奇无可置疑地排在最后一位。

• Training Halls do not come cheap but in matters of life and death one does not want to pinch pennies.

  训练大厅可不便宜，但是在生死问题上我们可不想节省。

• It makes sense: without TARP funds to worry about, Goldman doesn"t have to pinch pennies excessively or prepare itself for 90% bonus taxes.

  这样做的目的是：如果不用担心问题资产救助计划资金，高盛就不必过于节俭，或是准备缴纳90%的奖金税了。

• Live on the cheap. Pinch pennies. Freedom from monetary stress means freedom in your art.

  节俭度日、精打细算。摆脱了金钱的压力意味着艺术上的自由。

• In the West, the elderly pinch pennies, but Japan"s seniors pay extra.

  在西方，老年人精打细算，但日本老年人不介意多花钱。

• pinch pennies with our upcoming party.

  我们决定不为即将到来的聚会省钱。

• In private, they pinch pennies.

  私底下他们省吃俭用。

• pinch pennies when we were strapped for cash.

  当我们现金紧张的时候，我们学会了精打细算。

• I live on pinch pennies every month in order to dress up myself and participate in some activities then left very little.

  我在一家外贸公司工作，工资不高。每个月都得精打细算，买衣服以及参加些聚会后所剩无几。