Haggle over every penny

Haggle over every penny

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ī zh ū Ji à Oli à ng, which means to care about little money or small things. It's from Ling Mengchu's the second moment of surprise.

Idiom usage

There is no need to haggle over small things.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: haggard, haggard

The origin of Idioms

Ling Mengchu of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 4 of the book "second quarter makes a surprise": "besides, you are getting better and better in your studies. Sometimes, why bother to haggle over everything and try to make people cheap?"

Idiom explanation

It means to care about little money or small things.