skinflint russian

• кула́к

  fist

  kulak, well-off peasant

  concentration (of forces), concentrated grouping

  cam

  skinflint, miser, egoist

• жи́ла

  vein, blood vessel

  tendon, sinew

  vein, lode

  strand, core (of a cable)

  skinflint, miser

  gut, sinew cord

• скря́га

  miser, skinflint

• жмот

  miser, cheapskate, skinflint

• жа́дина

  miser, stingy person, skinflint

  greedy-guts, greedy pig

• нищебро́д

  pauper, poor wretch, beggar, broke loser

  cheapskate, skinflint, tightwad

  scoundrel, rogue, crook

• коще́й

  Koschei, Koschei the Deathless

  skinny old man, bag of bones, scrawny fellow

  miser, skinflint, tightwad

• скупердя́й

  miser, skinflint

• живодёр

  brute, cruel person, torturer, butcher

  knacker, flayer

  fleecer, extortioner, bloodsucker, skinflint

  sponger, freeloader

• крохобо́р

  penny-pincher, skinflint, pinchpenny

  nitpicker, hairsplitter, petty pedant

• сквалы́га

  miser, skinflint

• вы́жига

  cunning rogue, skinflint, sly fox, crafty operator

  gold recovered by burning, silver recovered by burning

• скуп

  miser, cheapskate, skinflint

• жох

  rascally skinflint

• сквалы́жник

  miser, skinflint

• ска́редник

  miser, scrooge, skinflint

Examples

• Не связывайся с ним, он известный выжига.

  Don't get involved with him; he's a notorious skinflint.

• Соседи считали его настоящим жохом.

  The neighbors considered him a real skinflint.

• Он настоящий сквалыжник, никогда денег не даёт.

  He's a real skinflint; he never lends anyone any money.

• Соседи считают его мелким сквалыжником.

  The neighbors consider him a petty skinflint.

• Не будь таким сквалыжником, помоги другу деньгами.

  Don't be such a skinflint—help your friend out with some money.

• Он настоящий скупердяй, никогда не платит за друзей.

  He's a real skinflint and never pays for his friends.