tight as a tick

الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية

تعريف tight as a tick في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.

Unwilling to spend money

The last time she had visited, Sean's father, Tiny Tim, who was tight as a tick with his money, jovially presided over the place, one big yard filled with rusting cars.

Drunk, inebriated

For there ain't no kickGetting tight as a tickWhen you know that you're not breaking the law.

Fully inflated; swollen near to bursting

I blow it up until it's tight as a tick. Just below the skirt through which the lanyard passes, a tiny mouth whistles a single-note tune until the balloon's lungs are emptied.

التركية النطق

tayt äz ı tîk

المترادفات

drunk, inebriated, intoxicated, full, inflated, overinflated, swollen, miserly, thrifty

النطق

/ˈtīt ˈaz ə ˈtək/ /ˈtaɪt ˈæz ə ˈtɪk/