If your a tightwad, you might feel a need to loosen up and have a little fun.

如果你花钱精打细算，可能也觉得需要放松一下，增添点乐趣。

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But the distinction is lost on me. I'm thrifty because I'm a tightwad and vice versa.

但这种区分对我来说毫无意义，我节俭因为我是个吝啬鬼，反过来说我是个吝啬鬼所以我节俭。

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I know I should let this go, but I don't like being lied to and she's such a tightwad.

我知道不该这么想，但是我不喜欢对我说谎，而且她还是如此的吝啬。

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Focused on fighting a war, Bush never a tightwad to begin with handed the keys to the Treasury to Tom DeLay and Denny Hastert, and they spent enough money to burn a wet mule.

FORBES: Jonah Goldberg's Good Advice for the GOP: Confess Your Spending Sins and Repent