penny-pinching no Dicionário de Francês-Inglês da Oxford-Hachette

Traduções para penny-pinching no dicionário inglês»francês

I.penny-pinching [Brit ˈpɛnɪpɪntʃɪŋ, americ ˈpɛni ˌpɪntʃɪŋ] SUBST

penny-pinching

économies fpl de bouts de chandelle

II.penny-pinching [Brit ˈpɛnɪpɪntʃɪŋ, americ ˈpɛni ˌpɪntʃɪŋ] ADJ

penny-pinching

grippe-sou

Traduções para penny-pinching no dicionário francês»inglês

mégotage [meɡɔtaʒ] SUBST m coloq

mégotage

cheeseparing, penny-pinching

petitement [p(ə)titmɑ̃] ADV

1. petitement (à l'étroit):

être logé petitement

to live in cramped accommodation

2. petitement vivre, recevoir:

petitement (chichement)

in a penny-pinching way

(maigrement) être petitement bénéficiaire entreprise:

to show only a small profit

3. petitement (avec mesquinerie):

petitement penser, agir

pettily

penny-pinching no Dicionário PONS

Traduções para penny-pinching no dicionário inglês»francês

penny-pinching ADJ

penny-pinching

grippe-sou

Exemplos unilingues (não verificados pela redação)

inglês

The penny-pinching atmosphere of the 1930s produced hypercautious commanders and defective torpedoes.

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Having processes, rules, policies and cost controls is too often portrayed as bureaucratic, penny-pinching and inhumane.

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This kind of penny-pinching, small-team mentality will get us nowhere in the modern world.

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In a penny-pinching year, how shall we pay for ambition?

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Perhaps, he is being driven by mediocrity or needless penny-pinching.

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His penny-pinching father provided minimal financial support, but he learned early how women could aid his survival.

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Cheap, easy to prepare and relatively filling, instant ramen is the go-to staple of bleary-eyed, penny-pinching college students everywhere.

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He is rushed to a hospital with chest pains after a particularly stressful script rehearsal (with the penny-pinching backers) and admitted with severe attacks of angina.

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She's loath to reduce human life to a dollar figure, but willing to make the argument if it motivates penny-pinching politicians to support safer streets.

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A penny-pinching bride said an extravagant thank you to her guests who she made pay for their own food on her big day.

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