Английский словарь американских идиом - pinch and scrape

{v. phr.} To save as much money as possible by spending as little as possible. * /They are trying to buy their first house so they are pinching and scraping every penny they can./ PINCH PENNIES {v. phr.}, {informal} Not spend a penny more than necessary; be very saving or thrifty. * /When Tom and Mary were saving money to buy a house, they had to pinch pennies./ - penny-pincher {n.}, {informal} A stingy or selfish person; miser. * /He spent so little money that he began to get the name of a penny-pincher./ -