cheapskate
Someone who stingily avoids spending moneySomeone who stingily avoids spending money.
» Tom is a cheapskate.
Том жадина.
Том - жмот.
Значение
значений: 2Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.
(шире)Someone who does not give freely.
My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.
жа́динаžádina, жмотžmot
- a miserly person
Примеры
предложений: 9Tom is a cheapskate.
Том жадина.
Nobody considers Tom a cheapskate.
Никто не считает Тома скрягой.
ukНіхто не вважає Тома скнарою.
He's a cheapskate.
Он скряга.
ukВін скнара.
Don't be a cheapskate.
Не будь крохобором.
deSei kein Geizhals!
You're such a cheapskate.
Ты такой крохобор.
ukТи такий скнара.
Переводы
языков: 1По значениям 1
Происхождение
From cheap + skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.From cheap + skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.
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Формы
мн. число: cheapskatesСинонимы
синонимов: 35- a miserly person:tightwad