tightwad

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But the distinction is lost on me. I'm thrifty because I'm a tightwad and vice versa.
但這種區(qū)分對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)毫無(wú)意義，我節(jié)儉因?yàn)槲沂莻€(gè)吝嗇鬼，反過(guò)來(lái)說(shuō)我是個(gè)吝嗇鬼所以我節(jié)儉。
"The nightmares for a tightwad are sushi by the piece or a taxi where you have to watch the meter running, " Loewenstein says.
Loewenstein說(shuō)：“對(duì)于一個(gè)吝嗇鬼而言，噩夢(mèng)可能就是看到壽司漲價(jià)或者打車的時(shí)候看到計(jì)價(jià)器在飛漲”。
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?
還記得那些穿著寬短褲的吝嗇鬼，經(jīng)常抱怨和叫嚷著為什么沒(méi)有可以講英語(yǔ)的當(dāng)?shù)厝硕妹皝?lái)自地獄”的丑陋的美國(guó)人嗎？

The uneasy coexistence of new wealth and old tightwad populism produces some curious contrasts.
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Focused on fighting a war, Bush — never a tightwad to begin with — handed the keys to the Treasury to Tom DeLay and Denny Hastert, and they spent enough money to burn a wet mule.
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