be tight as a drum extremely stingy too stingy to pull out a hair as mean as a miser
You´ll take everything you´re offered yet your own generosity is virtually non-existent.
你倒是来者不拒,照单全收,可你自己实际上却一毛不拔。
—— 柯林斯例句He´s really tight with money.
他真是一毛不拔。
—— 给力词典精选But not a cent would he part with!
他竟一毛不拔!
—— 给力词典精选The older the goose the harder to pluck.
〔谚语〕年纪越大,越是一毛不拔。
—— 辞典例句He is a Jew , maybe we have to jew him down this time.
他总是一毛不拔, 这一回让我们想法敲他竹杠。
—— 辞典例句