pinch pennies
Hoard every cent
To pinch pennies is to be extremely frugal, spending as little money as possible.
The phrase suggests squeezing value from every coin: We pinched pennies for years to save for a house.
A penny-pincher is someone habitually stingy with money.
The tone ranges from admiring thrift to criticizing miserliness.
- cut cornersReduce effort or cost improperly
- skimpEconomize excessively
- saveProtect from loss
- economizeReduce expenses deliberately
- stretch a dollarMaximize limited funds
miser · frugality · parsimonious · making do · scrooge · budget · belt-tightening · skinflint · tightwad · miserliness · thriftiness · make ends meet · live within means · scrape · cheap · austerity · spare · wallet
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- thrift sayingspenny saved, penny wise, penny pincher, live within means, make ends meet
- spendingspending, shopping, purchases, expenses, bills
- improviseimprovise, make do, wing it, ad-lib, jury-rig
spending behavior
pinch penniessplurge
Spend freely, impulsively
throw money around · spendthrift · squander · live large · spare no expense
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