省吃俭用的英文：
[Literal Meaning]
economize/eat/save/use
to save on food and expense

[解释]
形容生活非常节俭。

[Explanation]
to be thrifty

[例子]
老夫妻一生省吃俭用，把攒下的十万元钱都捐献给了希望工程。

[Example]
The old couple pinched and scraped all their lives and donated 100,000 yuan that they saved to the Hope Project.

[英文等价词]
pinch and save/scrape/screw

参考例句：
  • Tighten one's belt (eat less food,spend less money,etc)
    勒紧腰带(省吃俭用)
  • We had to scrimp and save to pay the bills.
    我们得省吃俭用来付帐.
  • She's always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent
    她一向省吃俭用,从未浪费过一分钱
  • By saving on food and clothes, they managed to send him to school.
    他们省吃俭用把他送进学校念书。
  • They had to scrimp and save to send their son to college.
    为了送儿子上大学，他们不得不省吃俭用，拼命钱。
  • Her parents pinched and scraped so that she could study singing abroad.
    她父母省吃俭用好让她出国学习声乐.
  • In a period of mass unemployment a lot of people must learn to tighten their belts.
    "在大批人失业其间,很多人不得不束紧腰带,省吃俭用。"
  • They had to skimp (on everything) to send their sons to college.
    他们不得不省吃俭用以便送儿子进大学。
  • He has fared hard and worked hard to make good everybody's loss.
    他一向省吃俭用、辛辛苦苦，尽量让别人少受一些损失。
  • Why don’t you retrench then—scrape up, hoard, economise?
    那么你为什么不节约一下——积累一点，储蓄一点，省吃俭用一些呢？

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