【句子】-- I’m putting my mother in the grave. Now is not the time to pinch pennies.
-- Carlos, we’re not exactly flush with cash right now. 【Desperate Housewives-S1E17】
【发音】[aɪm] [ˈpʊtɪŋ] [maɪ] ['mʌðə(r)] [ɪn] [ðə] [greɪv] [naʊ] [ɪz] [nɒt]/[nɑ:t] [ðə] [taɪm] [tʊ] [pɪntʃ] ['peniz]
[ˈkɑ:(r)ləʊs] [wɪə(r)] [nɒt]/[nɑ:t] [ɪgˈzækt.li] [flʌʃ] [wɪð] [kæʃ] [raɪt] [naʊ]
【发音技巧】putting 闪音；not the 不完全失去爆破；right now 不完全失去爆破；
【翻译】-- 我在筹备我母亲的葬礼，现在不是计较钱的时候。
-- Carlos，我们现在手头并不宽裕。
【适用场合】
今天节目有些难，但是很实用。重点学习两个表达：
1. pinch pennies 尽量少花钱，尤其是为了攒钱
pinch 可以用来指捏；
penny指的是便士，货币单位；
to spend as little money as possible,especially with the aim of saving up for something bigger.

eg: Ever since we had our second child, we've had to pinch pennies to make sure they both get what they want for Christmas.
自从我们有了二胎，为了让孩子们都能拿到他们心仪的圣诞礼物，都得节衣缩食。

eg: There's no need to pinch pennies now that you're working full-time.
你现在都全职工作了，没必要再抠抠搜搜了。

eg: eg: We’ve been pinching pennies all year so that we can visit my relatives in Australia in December.
就为了十二月份可以去澳大利亚探亲，我们已经节约开支一整年了。


这种节衣缩食，这省点儿，那省点儿的行为叫做：penny-pinching
而这么做的人叫做penny pincher
eg: He ordered a huge meal. This wasn't a moment for penny-pinching.
他点了豪华大餐，这会儿不是节衣缩食的时候。


2. be flush with cash
flush这个单词有形容词的用法，可以用来表达：adj. 充满的；
如果口语中听到别人说：be flush with cash/funds/money
就指的是资金充足；有很多钱；不愁钱花这个意思；
having a lot of money, usually for a short time
eg: He works for a company that's flush with money.
他去了一家资金雄厚的公司工作。

eg: Today I am flush with cash. By tomorrow, I’ll be broke.
今天我手头挺宽裕，等到明天，我就一贫如洗了。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
For penny pinchers, the restaurant offers food at reasonable prices.