fogához veri a garast

Hungarian

verb
Definitions
  • (idiomatic) to be close-fisted, tight-fisted, miserly, stingy, cheap to be excessively stingy with money

Etymology

Affix from Hungarian fog (tooth, catch, hold, grasp), ver (beat, hit), garas (penny).

Origin

Hungarian

garas

Gloss

penny

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