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穷人所缺很多，吝啬鬼缺乏一切。 The poor man wants much, but the miser everything. | ||
这样一毛不拔的吝啬鬼世上少见。 Such close-fisted misers are rare. | ||
胆小鬼往往自称心细，吝啬鬼往往自称节省。 The sheep always say they are careful, the cheapskate always say they are scanty. | ||
她结婚之后才发现自己嫁了个吝啬鬼。 She discovered she had married a miser. | ||
与吝啬鬼生活毫无乐趣，但他们却为后人称道不已。 Misers are no fun to live,but they make great ancestors. | ||
我觉得自己好像是一个财大气粗的帕齐或者是吝啬鬼。 I find myself feeling like either a deep-pocketed patsy or a skinflint. | ||
仆人放下了他的小提琴，让吝啬鬼代替他坐上了绞架。 The countryman stopped his fiddle, and left the miser to take his place at the gallows. | ||
所以，在这个假日的季节，让我们重温吝啬鬼埃比·尼泽的至理名言吧。 So in this holiday season, let's remember the wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge. | ||
他怎么会是这样一个财迷心窍的吝啬鬼？难道还想把钱财带进棺材里不是？ Why is he such a money grubber? Is he going to take it with him? | ||
通常认为，夏洛克、阿巴公、葛朗台、泼留希金和严监生都是吝啬鬼的著名典型。 Commonly people consider Sherlock, Harpagon, Grandet, Pliushkin and Yan Jiansheng all are famous cheapskates in the literary world. | ||
