penny-pinching ways
penny-pinching lifestyle
penny-pinching attitude
A: Why is he so stingy with the budget?
A：为什么他在预算方面这么小气？
B: He's just being penny-pinching to save for the future.
B：他只是在精打细算，为了以后攒钱。
1) 极度吝啬的
2) 精打细算的
3) 小气的
1. 吝啬的，小气的
adjective
1. extremely careful with money, often to the point of being stingy
Synonym: stingy, miserly, parsimonious