Last Updated :2025/11/23

wouldn't shout if a shark bit him

Verb
Australia idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
倹約的で、金銭に対して非常に厳しい、いわゆる“ケチ”な性格を指す(オーストラリアの慣用表現)
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人々は彼が非常にけちで、親しい友人にさえ一銭も使おうとしないと冗談めかして言っていた。

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wouldn't shout if a shark bit him

(Australia, idiomatic) To be frugal or miserly.

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People joked that he wouldn't shout if a shark bit him, since he refused to spend a single cent even on his closest friends.

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People joked that he wouldn't shout if a shark bit him, since he refused to spend a single cent even on his closest friends.

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