"He’ll squeeze a nickel till the buffalo screams" nghĩa là gì?

"He’ll squeeze a nickel till the buffalo screams" = bóp nặn 5 xu tới mức con trâu rống lên -> nghĩa là rất tiết kiệm, bủn xỉn và tằn tiện.

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Just questions that throw up flags, but I'm thinking, 'He's telling me he’ll squeeze a nickel till the buffalo screams. He's saving his money. OK.'.

Although we were middle class, my mother could squeeze a nickel till it cried. As a stay at home mom, she felt it was her job to be fiscally (tài chính) stable.

That’s the one my daughter picked, because she’ll squeeze a nickel till the buffalo screams, like her mother, but also practical. I was proud of her. I don’t need to be eternally under glass.

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