scrimp and save

scrimp and save

美 　英

• 网络节衣缩食；省吃俭用；精打细算

例句

John was making more money, but I continued to scrimp and save.

约翰挣钱比以前多了，可是我继续节省开支攒钱。

The poor still queue for government-subsidised bread and must scrimp and save to buy a pair of shoes.

穷人仍要排队领取政府补贴的面包，要省吃俭用才能买一双鞋。

Only a small proportion (11% of younger households) have a mortgage, and those that do scrimp and save to try to pay it off in five years.

只有很小一部分人（11%的较年轻家庭）有抵押贷款，并且这些人精打细算地存钱为了能在5年内还清贷款。

The generation that lived through the Great Depression learned to scrimp and save .

经历过大萧条的那代人学会了节俭和储蓄。

Buyers no longer had to scrimp and save to get what they wanted; they could have it now.

买主不再需要精打细算储蓄去获得他们想要的东西；他们现在就可以拥有了。

He would scrimp and save in order to spend nights with Sunset Strip hookers, often just cuddling and chatting.

他节衣缩食，为的是与日落大道的妓女共度良宵，但常常只是和她们拥抱和聊天。

They had to scrimp and save to send their son to college.

为了送儿子上大学，他们不得不省吃俭用，拼命攒钱。

We had to scrimp and save to pay the bills.

我们得省吃俭用来付帐。

We shall scrimp and save.

我们会省吃俭用。