November 25, 2010

Idiom: tight-fisted

"tight-fisted"

Meaning: very frugal; unwilling to spend money unnecessarily

Example: I'm not going to be surprised if Harry declines to foot the bill. He's been known to be tight-fisted.


Last week's idioms:
have (one's) hands full
in the red
live and let live
nuke
over (one's) head