在物价高涨的今天,很多人都觉得实际收入缩水了吧。于是花钱开始变得小心起来。花钱小心是很明智的,但是,要是一个人太过分了,把钱看作是生活中最重要的东西,那他和他周围的人就会产生矛盾。中文里有时把那些这种手头很紧的人称为吝啬鬼或小气鬼。
You know, with the national debt getting so big, maybe we ought to elect some penny-pinchers to the Congress next time instead of these guys who are so good at spending the taxpayers' money.
My brother Dick is a smart, good-looking guy. But none of my friends want to go out with him because he's such a cheapskate. His idea of showing a girl a goodtime is to take her to MacDonald's for a hamburger and then to the zoo because admission is free.
I know my son thinks I'm a cheapskate because I won't buy him a motorcycle. But he doesn't realize I don't have much money left after I pay the rent and all the other bills. Any money left over I have to save to pay his way to college next year.