Cheapskate Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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cheapskate What does cheapskate mean?	a person who will not spend much money, a stingy person	My friend is a cheapskate and will not even go to a movie with me.
cheapskate What does cheapskate mean?	a person who will not spend much money, a stingy person	My friend is a cheapskate and will not go to a movie with me.
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Go tell it to birds What does "Go tell it to birds" mean?	This is used when someone says something that is not credible or is a lie.

Bright as a button What does "Bright as a button" mean?	A person who is as bright as a button is very intelligent or smart.
ride the gravy train What does "ride the gravy train" mean?	to exploit something for easy profit or advantage, to experience excessive success or profit without deserving it	We have been able to ride the gravy train and make a lot of money at our job recently.
in arms What does "in arms" mean?	armed, angry and ready to fight	The workers are in arms since they found out about the wage decrease.
to pony up What does "to pony up" mean?	to pay	It is time for my friend to pony up and pay for the exercise equipment that he bought from me.
cut (someone) down to size What does "cut (someone) down to size" mean?	to prove that someone is not as good as he or she thinks	I cut my colleague down to size when I criticized what he had said at the meeting.
fall off the wagon What does "fall off the wagon" mean?	to return to use alcohol or drugs after stopping for awhile	The man fell off the wagon after he had stopped drinking for three years.
What's done is done. What does "What's done is done." mean?	something is final and in the past	What's done is done and now that he has quit his job he must find a new one.

at heart What does "at heart" mean?	basically, essentially, what one really is rather than what one seems to be	The man seems to be angry all the time but actually he is a very gentle person at heart.

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Cheapskate Idiom