économie de bouts de chandelle

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.kɔ.nɔ.mi d(ə) bu d(ə) ʃɑ̃.dɛl/

Noun

économie de bouts de chandelle f (plural économies de bouts de chandelle)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) cheeseparing
    faire des économies de bouts de chandelles ― to pinch pennies, to cheesepare, to make cheeseparing economies

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