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A Scrooge

Idiom Literature

Meaning

A very stingy or miserly person.

Example Sentences

"Don’t be a Scrooge—it’s Christmas!"

Related Expressions

cloak and dagger

involving secrecy, mystery, and deception

In due time

At the right or appropriate time.

Eager beaver

A person who is very enthusiastic and eager to do something.

cover all the angles

to examine a story or issue from every perspective

A Pandora’s box

A source of endless complications or trouble.

Rewriting history

To change the way past events are interpreted or remembered.