count (one's) the pennies Idiom, Proverb

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pinch pennies

be careful with money, be thrifty My grandmother always pinches pennies and will never spend her money foolishly.

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Look after the pennies and the pounds will look af

(UK) If you look after the pennies, the pounds will look after themselves, meaning that if someone takes care not to waste small amounts of money, they will accumulate capital. ('Look after the pence and the pounds will look after themselves' is an alternative form of this idiom.)

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Not have two pennies to rub together

If someone hasn't got two pennies to rub together, they are very poor indeed.

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pinch pennies|pennies|penny|pinch

v. phr., informal Not spend a penny more than necessary; be very saving or thrifty. When Tom and Mary were saving money to buy a house, they had to pinch pennies. -

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pennies from heaven

pennies from heaven
Unexpected good fortune, a windfall, as in They sent back our check—pennies from heaven. This expression may have originated with a song and motion picture so named (1936), popularized by Bing Crosby.