You don't have to blow your savings, but don't be a tightwad.
你不必吹嘘你的珍藏,但不要做吝啬鬼。
If your a tightwad, you might feel a need to loosen up and have a little fun.
如果你花钱精打细算,可能也觉得需要放松一下,增添点乐趣。
If you're a tightwad, you might feel a need to loosen up and have a little fun.
如果你花钱精打细算,可能也觉得需要放松一下,增添点乐趣。
But the distinction is lost on me. I'm thrifty because I'm a tightwad and vice versa.
但这种区分对我来说毫无意义,我节俭因为我是个吝啬鬼,反过来说我是个吝啬鬼所以我节俭。
He is such a tightwad, I don't think he has ever bought a new piece of furniture.
他真是太抠门了,我从来没有见过他添一件家具。
I know I should let this go, but I don't like being lied to and she's such a tightwad.
我知道不该这么想,但是我不喜欢对我说谎,而且她还是如此的吝啬。
But growth never came. Tightwad, population 63, has eight more residents now than when the bank opened.
吝啬鬼镇目前的居民为63人,与该银行刚开业时相比仅仅增加了8个人。
Respondentswere rated on a 'Tightwad-Spendthrift scale' based on how eachpartner felt about spending money。
根据受访者对自己支出习惯的感觉,对他们在“节俭-挥霍刻度表”上进行打分。
Respondents were rated on a 'Tightwad-Spendthrift scale' based on how each partner felt about spending money.
根据受访者对自己支出习惯的感觉,对他们在“节俭-挥霍刻度表”上进行打分。
"The nightmares for a tightwad are sushi by the piece or a taxi where you have to watch the meter running," Loewenstein says.
Loewenstein说:“对于一个吝啬鬼而言,噩梦可能就是看到寿司涨价或者打车的时候看到计价器在飞涨”。
Two months after the Tightwad Bank opened in May 1984, an article on it appeared in the Kansas City Times. Word began to spread.
“吝啬鬼”银行于1984年5月开张营业,仅两个月后《堪萨斯城时报》便载文对其加以肯定,于是这家银行开始声名远播。
My normally tightwad mother would open her purse with abandon when we were traveling, and I've never quite shaken the habit.
当我在旅行时打开钱包时,母亲的忠告就完全忘记,我的坏习惯又回来了。
Find out how to reach your long-term goals without becoming a tightwad; read 10 Simple Steps to Financial Security Before 30.
想知道怎样达成长期投资目标而又不变成小气鬼,阅读:30岁前财务安全轻松十步。
With choices then limited to spending more money or feeling like a tightwad, potential customers simply opted out of the purchase.
人们既不愿意多花钱也不愿意让人觉得自己是个吝啬鬼。因此,潜在客户只能选择放弃购买。
Remember the tightwad tourist whose baggy shorts, frequent complaining and shouted questions about why none of the locals spoke any English made the ugly American the world's Visitor from Hell?
还记得那些穿着宽短裤的吝啬鬼,经常抱怨和叫嚷着为什么没有可以讲英语的当地人而得名“来自地狱”的丑陋的美国人吗?
Remember the tightwad tourist whose baggy shorts, frequent complaining and shouted questions about why none of the locals spoke any English made the ugly American the world's Visitor from Hell?
还记得那些穿着宽短裤的吝啬鬼,经常抱怨和叫嚷着为什么没有可以讲英语的当地人而得名“来自地狱”的丑陋的美国人吗?
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