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(adjective) unwilling to give or spend money, not generous

Example Sentences:

A: Do you like your new roommate?
B: No, not really.
A: Why is that?
B: He is really cheap. He doesn’t share anything!

The cheap businessman refused to give the homeless person five dollars.

Boyfriend: Do you want to go out for dinner?
Girlfriend: No, let’s just stay home and eat sandwiches.
Boyfriend: Don’t be so cheap, let’s go spend some money!

From the Blogs:

Too cool to use Windows, too cheap to buy a Mac

Media:

cheap

Similar idioms:

  1. tightwad
  2. stingy
  3. buzzkill
  4. wet blanket
  5. give and take
  6. penny-pincher
  7. cool one’s heels
  8. blow one’s cool
  9. ass
  10. asshole
  11. money doesn’t buy happiness
  12. put aside
  13. beggars can’t be choosers
  14. badass
  15. shit disturber

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