Nghĩa là gì:
halfpennies
halfpenny /'heipni/- danh từ, số nhiều halfpennies
- đồng nửa xu, đồng trinh (của Anh)
- (số nhiều halfpence) nửa xu, trinh (giá trị của đồng trinh)
- three halfpence: một xu rưỡi
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) một chút, một ít
- to come back (turn up) again like a bad halfpenny
- cứ quay lại bám lấy nhằng nhãng không sao dứt ra được (cái gì mà mình không thích, không muốn)
count (one's) the pennies Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
pinch pennies
be careful with money, be thrifty My grandmother always pinches pennies and will never spend her money foolishly.
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.)
Not have two pennies to rub together
If someone hasn't got two pennies to rub together, they are very poor indeed.
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. -
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.
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Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ count (one's) the pennies