Traductions de „penny-pinching“ dans le dictionnaire anglais » portugais

penny-pinching ADJ

penny-pinching

avarento(-a)

penny-pinching

pão-duro(-a) fam

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

anglais

Her reply revealed that three of them were spinners, one generously allocated to each division of the supposedly penny-pinching transport company.

www.independent.ie

His penny-pinching father provided minimal financial support, but he learned early how women could aid his survival.

www.rollingstone.com

She was surrounded by well-meaning nurses who themselves tried to fight the good fight against self-absorbed docs and penny-pinching hospital policies.

tv.blogs.starnewsonline.com

She's loath to reduce human life to a dollar figure, but willing to make the argument if it motivates penny-pinching politicians to support safer streets.

www.metronews.ca

Maybe they observed the struggle you had bringing them up and it triggered penny-pinching tendencies.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Having processes, rules, policies and cost controls is too often portrayed as bureaucratic, penny-pinching and inhumane.

www.theglobeandmail.com

It is outrageous and penny-pinching that they don't.

www.dailystar.co.uk

Another is recently dead, to the great relief of his widow; a third is penny-pinching on his honeymoon.

www.independent.co.uk

He is rushed to a hospital with chest pains after a particularly stressful script rehearsal (with the penny-pinching backers) and admitted with severe attacks of angina.

en.wikipedia.org

My generation has muddled along in the middle, spared tuition fees but looking forward to a penny-pinching retirement.

www.telegraph.co.uk