tightfisted

tightfisted

Stingy or miserly. Sorry for being so tightfisted lately. I just have to be very careful with money until I get my next paycheck. Maybe if the boss weren't so tightfisted we could actually work with modern software for a change.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

tightfisted (with money)

 and closefisted (with money)
Fig. very stingy with money. The manager is very closefisted with expenditures. My parents are very tightfisted with money.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • closefisted
  • closefisted (with money)
  • tight wad
  • tightwad
  • mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes
  • mingy
  • the roof caves in
  • the roof falls in
  • big ticket
  • big-ticket
References in periodicals archive
Nonetheless, professional and volunteer fundraisers have found creative ways to keep the coffers full even when corporations turn tightfisted, government funding becomes scarce and individuals are overwhelmed by charities prospecting for contributions.
Although earnings for the year were aided by some $238,000 derived from the divestiture of two stores, the main profit push was tied to "very tightfisted expense controls and improved gross profits," says vice president and treasurer Jerome Stengel.
UNION leaders have slammed "tightfisted" firms for forcing staff to work the royal wedding for no extra pay.
TIGHTFISTED North East men are not a fan of splashing the cash.
Wal-Mart is in the midst of overhauling its tightfisted image to win over shoppers searching for more than low prices.
What does it take to get the message through to such a bunch of selfish, tightfisted, idiots.
It provides physician contract-management services to hospital emergency rooms, primarily in the Southeast, and it assumes all administrative costs associated with these physicians - a decided advantage in a tightfisted environment.
Though they can cite no tangible evidence, black station owners charge that banks are simply tightfisted when it comes to blacks.
He was always tightfisted, but since he won he's meaner than ever."