In life
Very afraid of meeting stingy people
Sometimes, I can't help but say:
You're so stingy!
So how do you say "you're stingy" in English?
01.
How to describe "small gas volume" in English?
"Stingy" can mean
A person's popularity is small and not large
Split hairs
Split hairs
Focus too much on something that is not important
So to speak
petty
Stingy, small in volume, calculating
Petty's English explanation
This expression often appears in American dramas
Such as in "Friends"
After Rose and Rachel break up,
Ross wants Rachel to return all of her previous relationships
Something for Rachel
Ross: And that T-shirt you sleep in. I d like that back too.
The T-shirt you wore for sleep, I want to come back.
Rachel: Oh, you re a petty man.
Oh, you're stingy.
Example
Don t get on Anna s nerves. She is petty.
Don't mess with Anna, she's very careful with her eyes.
nitpick (verb)
/ n t p k/
nit-picker: A nitpicker
nit-picky: Nitpicky
Nitpick's English explanation
Please stop nitpicking!
Please don't nitpick!
Nit-pickers sometimes compromise their own pleasure for the sake of perfection.
Picky Virgos sometimes sacrifice their pleasures in search of perfection.
02
How to describe "spending money is very small"?
"Stingy" can also refer to
A man takes too much care of his belongings
Spend money and don't spend money
Very stingy
stingy/ st nd i/
Stingy's English explanation
mean
English explanation of mean
cheap
Stingy
tight-fisted
Tight is "tight"
Fist is "fist"
Hold the money tightly in the palm of your hand and don't want to spend it
You say stingy no
Tight-fisted explanation in English
Lily was too stingy/tight-fisted. We helped her move house but she didn t even buy us a coke.
Lily was so stingy that we helped her move and she didn't even ask us for a bottle of Coke.
My boyfriend was so mean/cheap. He only bought me a card for my birthday.
My boyfriend was so stingy that he sent me a greeting card for my birthday.
03.
What does "stingy" say?
cheapskate
/ t ipsket/
Cheapskate
Cheapskate explained in English
bet
/ has with /
Scrooge, miserly
Miser's Explanation in English
Tom is a cheapskate. He never take taxi when going outside.
Tom was very angry and never took a taxi when he went out.
Mrs. Smith is a miser. It s so difficult to let her invite other people to dinner.
Mrs. Smith was a petty person, and it was so hard to get her to invite someone to dinner.
04.
What do you say about "frugal" and "generous"?
sometimes
Reluctant to spend money
Also because of frugality
Frugal
frugal
/ fruɡl/
Frugal's English explanation
I advocate the frugal lifestyle.
I advocate a frugal lifestyle.
Generous, generous
generous
/ d en r s/
Generous explanation in English
He is a generous man.
He was a generous man.
Every "watching" of you, I seriously take it as a like