GENEROUSunwilling to spend or give money 吝啬的,小气的 → mean
penny-pinching governments
吝啬的政府
—penny pinching noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
penny-pinching• His grandparents were humourless and penny-pinching.• a penny-pinchinghusband• And why be so penny-pinching in the matter of service, leaving poor Agnes and Adam Diggory overburdened with their load?• Unfortunately we have a penny-pinching local government that spends as little as possible on parks and sportsfacilities.• She could finally tolerate no more of his coldness and penny-pinching ways.• We are frail, penny-pinching, well-bundled and preoccupied with our small concerns.