pingrerie

Comme lors du tsunami en Asie, Washington est pointé du doigt pour sa pingrerie.
And, like on the occasion of the tsunami in Asia, Washington is criticized for its stinginess.
Je garderais les livres de magie par pingrerie ?
Do you think I take the books of English magic to myself because I am some sort of miser, sir?
Bob Geldof, Jeffrey Sachs ou encore Arnaud de Borchgrave reprochent aux États-Unis leur pingrerie ou leur manque de volonté politique.
Bob Geldof, Jeffrey Sachs and also Arnaud of Borchgrave blamed the United States for its stinginess and its lack of political will.
Si seule la fête était prématurée, ce serait pure pingrerie de ma part de m’y opposer, mais nous sommes en train d’anticiper la Constitution d’autres façons plus importantes.
If it were only the party that was premature, it would be rather curmudgeonly of me to object, but we are anticipating the Constitution in other more important ways.
Ai-je renoncé aux idoles, comme le shopping, le flirt, la pingrerie ou les addictions ?
Have I stripped my heart of idols, such as shopping, flirtations, hoarding, or addictions?
Eh bien, ce n'est pas aux travailleurs de travailler plus longtemps pour que leurs cotisations compensent la pingrerie du grand patronat qui veut réduire la part patronale des cotisations de vieillesse.
Now then, it is not up to the workers to work for longer so that their contributions might compensate for the miserliness of the bosses who wish to stop the employer' s share of old-age pension contributions.
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