| 单词 | to save one's pocket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto save one's pocket P9. to save one's pocket: to avoid spending one's money; to scrimp, economize. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > moderation or reduction in expenditure > spend money sparingly [verb (transitive)] > avoid spending money savec1390 to save one's pocket1700 hain1862 1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple sig. A4 To Coffee some retreat to save their Pockets, Others more generous damn the Play at Lockets. 1759 W. Calcott Thoughts Moral & Divine (ed. 3) 118 He that deserts a man to save his pocket, will never hazard life and reputation in his service. 1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 357 Getting rid of a case by saving your own pocket and passing the applicant on to another. 1883 Law Times Rep. 49 9/1 The tenant for life may have indirectly benefited himself or saved his own pocket. 1954 T. C. Barker & J. R. Harris Merseyside Town in Industr. Revol. 303 It was alleged that..the owners of land in Greenbank wanted to see the roads paved at public expense to save their own pockets. 1994 M. Harrison Public Health in Brit. India 172 Municipal commissioners were often reluctant to fund sanitary improvements, sometimes on religious or cultural grounds, but more commonly to save their own pockets and those of their electors. < as lemmas |
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