count pennies
Watch every cent
To count pennies is to be extremely careful with money, often implying excessive frugality or attention to small amounts: We're counting pennies until payday.
The phrase suggests financial constraint or miserliness—someone who counts pennies tracks every minor expense rather than spending freely.
- pinchSqueeze with fingertips
- frugalSparing with resources
- budgetPlan for spending
- tighten beltReduce one's expenditures
- coinsMetal money units
loose change · spare change · save · rainy day fund · thrifty · live within means · jar · copper · scrimp · tight · miserly · change · piggybank · stretch · scrape · hoard · nickels · dimes
- thrift sayingslive within means, make ends meet, tighten belt, tighten your belt, scrimp and save
spending behavior
count penniessplurge
Spend freely, impulsively
throw money around · live large · spare no expense · indulge · ball out
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