We need to pinch pennies these days.

我们现在需要省吃俭用了。

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We learned how to 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。

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She loved to shop and buy clothes, while I tended to pinch pennies.

她喜欢购物和买衣服，而我向来吝啬。

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Checking health plan eligibility is a good way to pinch pennies, since the stakes are large.

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But not everyone going into retirement has to pinch pennies and not every well-off retiree cares about reducing taxes for themselves or their heirs.

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This is a complete 180-degree change from the situation at the beginning of 2008, when record-high oil prices put a big smile on the faces of oil producers while forcing oil consumers to pinch pennies.

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