APAD: Save it for a rainy day.

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7grizzly
楼主 (文学峸)

Meaning: Save it for a time of need.

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Most Chinese immigrants born in the 60s and 70s don't need the reminder. My old

friend Bill, for example, is a compulsive saver. He detests waste in all forms

and has found a gold mine of pet peeves in America. He puts all his money in

T-Bills, drives a 210,000-mile Honda, and after 40, stops visiting restaurants

and shopping malls. He saves as if there were no tomorrow. He's been doing it

not for a rainy day but for the next biblical flood!

 

Of course, his house is a dump and he can't find anything when he needs it:-)

 

移花接木
哈哈,好生动,记得邻家的百万富翁书中描述的富翁的共同特点抠门,爱占便宜。喝最普通的Budweiser,明确告诉作者
移花接木
之所以接受 他的采访是因为能得到100$
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7grizzly
Sure. Bill's a miser, rich in the moolah and nothing else:-)
方外居士
he can't find anything when he needs it. So true!
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7grizzly
So you must be about the same age and are like Bill, too :-)
方外居士
I don’t save the waste much. can’t find sth due to bad org.
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godog
A good story giving a proverb more life.
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7grizzly
Thanks for liking. Bill's overdoing it and he has no life:-)
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Zhuzitaba
你的例子太极端了吧

Saving for a rainy day and paying off debts is now a top priority for families.这挺好的

盈盈一笑间
同意
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7grizzly
Agree. My friend is an intense guy :-)
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waterfowl
His beneficiary will be quite happy
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7grizzly
Indeed, they'll get paid for living with this guy :-)
移花接木
a song for you and Billy; People are crazy

 

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7grizzly
Wow. Thank you, my friend. That's what we need!
移花接木
The singer's name happens 2b Billy, but I put u on Billy's
移花接木
Bill as the old man's role
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7grizzly
I'd bet AI helped in this role-matching :-)
天山晨
有趣但不推荐,人生还是潇洒点好!
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7grizzly
No doubt about it!