penny pincher (n)鐵公雞

1. That old man retired with 20 million dollars in the bank. But he ’s such a penny pincher he still buys his clothes secondhand and drives a car he bought 20 years ago.

penny-wise (adj)因小失大的

2. Our boss is penny-wise: he makes sure that we don’t throw away rubber bands and paper clips. But he’s not so good when it comes to big things like buying the best computer system.


penny-ante (adj)微不足道的

3. This man tells everybody he owns a taxi company, so they all think he’s a big boss. But the company is really penny-ante - he only owns one taxi and he drives it himself.

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pretty penny (n)一大筆錢

4. Have you seen the new car our neighbor bought? It’s a Mercedes and I’m sure it cost a pretty penny - I would guess at least 45,000 dollars.