pinch pennies
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ē NJ ī Nb ō Li ǎ ng, which means that it is a metaphor for over calculation. From the village song.
The origin of Idioms
Sun Li's "Village Song" part 1: "but our group, all said that since we are suitable, we are only able to form a group, and we are not willing to divide the weight into two, which is obviously thin gas."
Idiom usage
The metaphor is too fussy.
Analysis of Idioms
Antonym: generous
pinch pennies
the west wind and fallen leaves -- an autumn scene - xī fēng luò yè
Back to the mountains and back to the sea - huí shān zhuǎn hǎi