When Tom and Mary were saving money to buy a house, they had to pinch pennies.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
pinch pennies — phrasal : to practice strict economy there weren t any pennies pinched when it was furnished F.B.Gipson * * * I pinch (or count or watch) (one s) pennies be careful about how much one spends he is pinching pennies to save for a movie | she s been … Useful english dictionary
pinch pennies — {v. phr.}, {informal} Not spend a penny more than necessary; be very saving or thrifty. * /When Tom and Mary were saving money to buy a house, they had to pinch pennies./ [penny pincher] {n.}, {informal} A stingy or selfish person; miser. * /He… … Dictionary of American idioms
pinch pennies — {v. phr.}, {informal} Not spend a penny more than necessary; be very saving or thrifty. * /When Tom and Mary were saving money to buy a house, they had to pinch pennies./ [penny pincher] {n.}, {informal} A stingy or selfish person; miser. * /He… … Dictionary of American idioms
pinch pennies — be careful with money, be thrifty He has been pinching pennies for months in order to save money for his vacation … Idioms and examples
pinch pennies — phrasal to practice strict economy … New Collegiate Dictionary
pinch pennies — verb To severely economize … Wiktionary
pinch pennies — idi to stint on or be frugal with expenditures … From formal English to slang
pinch — [n1] tight pressing compression, confinement, contraction, cramp, grasp, grasping, hurt, limitation, nip, nipping, pressure, squeeze, torment, tweak, twinge; concept 728 pinch [n2] small amount bit, dash, drop, jot, mite, small quantity, soupçon … New thesaurus
pinch — [pinch] vt. [ME pinchen < NormFr * pincher < OFr pincier < VL * pinctiare < ? punctiare, to prick (see PUNCHEON1), infl. by * piccare: see PICADOR] 1. to squeeze between a finger and the thumb or between two surfaces, edges, etc. 2.… … English World dictionary
pinch — pinchable, adj. /pinch/, v.t. 1. to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like. 2. to constrict or squeeze painfully, as a tight shoe does. 3. to cramp within narrow bounds or quarters: The … Universalium
