Cheapskates In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Cheapskates", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2022-01-08 12:01

Meaning of Cheapskates (redirected from a cheap skate )

Synonyms:

penny-pincher , piker , tightwad , skinflint

A cheap skate informal

If you describe someone as a cheap skate, you mean he or she is a stingy person.

Jenny is a real cheap skate. When we eat out, she never wants to pay.

She is such a cheap skate that she never gives money to charity.

I will definitely never go out with a stingy person like him.

Other phrases about:

Tight-Fisted

Used to say that someone is unwilling to spend money; stingy and miserly.

cutting remark

Mean words that hurt others' feelings.

take (one's) ball and go home

To stop taking part in an activity because you're pissed.

ugly customer

A very nasty, dangerous or vicious individual.

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punch (one's) ticket

1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work

Example:

1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket. 
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.

 

 

 

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