2023年4月4日 星期二

sit tight, tightly censored, tight-fisted

French banks accused of being tight-fisted

French President Nicolas Sarkozy calls on lenders to get back to work after
entrepreneurs complain that obtaining credit has become increasingly
difficult in the wake of the financial crisis.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=ew1qedI44va89pI2

Germany's Financial Turnabout

BERLIN, Feb. 25 -- Germany is the world's leading exporter and fourth-biggest economy, but during the global financial meltdown, it has also been among the most tightfisted. For months, German leaders have warned that spending and lending huge sums to fend off recession -- such as the United States'...
(By Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post)


Sit tight!

Chinese media calls Guns 'N Roses 'Chinese Democracy' an attack
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the album would almost certainly be banned in China, where films, music and books are tightly censored by the ...



tight-fisted Show phonetics
adjective (ALSO tight) INFORMAL DISAPPROVING
unwilling to spend money:
Don't imagine Gillian'll buy you a drink - she's too tight-fisted.

tightly
Show phonetics
adverb
firmly or closely:
The baby was clutching his dummy tightly in his grubby fist.
Many commuters are forced to stand, tightly packed in, like sardines.


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sit tight
1 to stay where you are:
You'd better sit tight and I'll call the doctor.

2 MAINLY UK to refuse to change your mind:
My parents tried to persuade me not to go alone, but I sat tight.

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