Idiom of the Week
Archive - December 2006
"Be a Scrooge when it comes to fuel efficiency."
--sign at Honda dealership
Most of the year Helen was so tight with her money she felt like a Scrooge. Until every year at Christmas time when she got her annual bonus, which she always split between charity and gifts for family and friends.
Scrooge- n. A mean-spirited miserly person; a skinflint. After Ebenezer Scrooge, miserly protagonist of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
- Helen's boss told her the secret to product budgeting was to know when to be a Scrooge and when to spend.
After this diversion, Jey and Sammy returned their attention to the game. They sat glued to their seats as the Royals maintained their one run lead.
Be glued to one’s seat – v. be so fascinated with ongoing events that one becomes motionless, completely focused on what is happening
• “The inspirational speech by the new CEO kept all the employees glued to their seats.”
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