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pinch pennies
idiom old-fashioned(UK alsopinch and scrape)
to spend as little money as possible: 精打细算;省吃俭用
When we were first married we had to pinch pennies just to get by.我们刚结婚时不得不精打细算才得以勉强维持生计。
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