mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes

Extremely and reprehensibly miserly, avaricious, or stingy. ("Mean" in this sense is a synonym for "cheap" or "stingy.") Primarily heard in UK. No, we never went anywhere interesting together when we were going out. She was mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes, so anything that cost even a bit of money was off the table.

See also: dead, enough, eye, mean, off, penny, steal

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes

Very mean. To keep a deceased's eyes closed, undertakers or whoever tended the body placed coins on the eyes. Anyone who would steal the money was indeed reprehensible. Just as evil was a man who was “mean enough to steal his wife's egg money,” pin money earned from selling eggs that the family didn't use themselves.

See also: dead, enough, eye, mean, off, penny, steal

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

See also:

mingy
tight wad
tightwad
closefisted
closefisted (with money)
tightfisted
nickel nurser
suckabuck
get anywhere
get somewhere/anywhere/nowhere

词组	mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes
释义	mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes Extremely and reprehensibly miserly, avaricious, or stingy. ("Mean" in this sense is a synonym for "cheap" or "stingy.") Primarily heard in UK. No, we never went anywhere interesting together when we were going out. She was mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes, so anything that cost even a bit of money was off the table. See also: dead, enough, eye, mean, off, penny, steal Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes Very mean. To keep a deceased's eyes closed, undertakers or whoever tended the body placed coins on the eyes. Anyone who would steal the money was indeed reprehensible. Just as evil was a man who was “mean enough to steal his wife's egg money,” pin money earned from selling eggs that the family didn't use themselves. See also: dead, enough, eye, mean, off, penny, steal Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: mingy tight wad tightwad closefisted closefisted (with money) tightfisted nickel nurser suckabuck get anywhere get somewhere/anywhere/nowhere
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