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Julia Huong
2022-03-13 11:03
Tight-Fisted adjective
Used to say that someone is unwilling to spend money; stingy and miserly.
My company was too tight-fisted to raise salaries.
Frank won't lend you a penny. He is very tight-fisted.
Mark is so tight-fisted that he only provides his children 50 cents every week.
If you describe someone as a cheap skate, you mean he or she is a stingy person.
Mean words that hurt others' feelings.
To stop taking part in an activity because you're pissed.
A very nasty, dangerous or vicious individual.
This phrase, which has been in use since at least the late 1800s, refers to tightly clutching one's money as if clenching one's fist. Since the early 1900s, a similer term has been used: "tight with money."
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