Economists are often cheapskates .

经济学家往往都是小气鬼。

But cheapskates can take heart .

但那些吝啬鬼门重振旗鼓。

How can they expect us to do business with them after being such cheapskates ?

这么个小气鬼，他们还期望我们和他们做生意呀？

For instance , before interviewing several dozen cheapskates , I had no idea that there are legions of people who keep an empty mcdonald 's coffee cup in the car .

比如，在与几十个守财奴访谈前，我根本就不知道有很多人在车上放一个空的麦当劳咖啡杯。

Commonly people consider sherlock , harpagon , grandet , plinshkin and yan jiansheng all are famous cheapskates in the literary world .

摘要通常认为，夏洛克、阿巴公、葛朗台、泼留希金和严监生都是吝啬鬼的著名典型。