Why is George called a penny pincher?

为什么把乔治叫作鬼？

You could say somebody " Scrooged" it up.

你可以说这遇上鬼了。

For penny-pinchers, the unpalatable conclusion is that hot-desking works best when people have lots of space.

让鬼很不开心的一个结论，当人们有足够大的空间时，轮流工位的效果才最好。

Oh dear. I might be grumpy – and that means bad-tempered – but I'm not a scrooge!

哦，天啊。我或许很暴躁，脾气不好，但我不鬼。

I leave my second son, Andrew, said the expiring miser, my whole estate, and desire him to be frugal.

“我把后事委儿子安德鲁，”这位就要断气的鬼说，“我全部的不动产都会被他败光的。”

Oh, Neil, you grumpy old Scrooge! And I hope you realise that the subject of today's show is Christmas kindness!

哦，尼尔，你这个暴躁的老鬼！我希望你意识到了我们今天节目的主题圣诞节善行！

A penny pincher doesn't like spending money.

鬼不喜欢花钱。

I might call a person like that, a penny pincher.

我可能会称这样的人为鬼。

A penny pincher is someone who likes to save money.

鬼喜欢省钱的人。

So to be a penny-pincher, and to pinch, (pincher) here means, to save.

所以要成为一个鬼，捏，（pincher）这里的意思，节省。

The folks call me a miser, my dear.

亲爱的，人们都叫我鬼。

Misers have no belief in a future life; the present is their all in all.

鬼不相信来生；现在他们的全部。

So, you can use the word " penny-pincher" .

所以，你可以用“鬼”这个词。

He's always been a penny-pincher and he always will be.

他一直个鬼，而且他永远都。

Flowing around you, not brooding and nursing every niggard stone.

在你周围流动， 而不沉思和护理每一块鬼的石头。

And yet you're not naturally a tightwad.

但你并不天生的鬼。

" You're a niggardly man, " said Karl, " and a liar" .

" 你个鬼，" 卡尔道，" 骗子。"

Scrooge has given up hope for happiness, for love, for good cheer.

鬼放弃了对幸福，爱 和欢乐的希望。

Because Robert's a tightwad, and we don't bill you out for nothing.

因为罗伯特个鬼，不雇你来吃白饭的。

You know, word gets out you're a cheapskate.

鬼的名声传出去可不好听。