skinflint
One who is excessively stingy or cautious with moneyOne who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
» Don't be such a skinflint.
Sei nicht so geizig!
Не будь таким скупердяем.
Не будь таким скрягой.
Не будь такой скрягой.
Не будь такой скупердяйкой.
Не будь таким скнарою.
Не будь такою скнарою.
Meaning
1 sensesOne who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
- a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Examples
3 sentencesDon't be such a skinflint.
Не будь таким скнарою.
ruНе будь таким скупердяем.
deSei nicht so geizig!
Our requests for additional funding were thwarted by the skinflints in upper management.
That skinflint, he never offers to pay!
Origin
From the phrase skin a flint (“go to extreme lengths for the sake of gain or economy”), frFrom the phrase skin a flint (“go to extreme lengths for the sake of gain or economy”), from the brittleness and hardness of flint which makes it almost impossible to remove just its skin without shattering it.
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Forms
plural: skinflints| Singular | skinflint |
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