Finally the penny drops and a collective "ahh" is emitted as two women and the rickshaw driver rush off excitedly.
Being frugal doesn't mean you only buy and eat the cheapest food possible, or try to penny pinch on everything you can.
As a minister, he once boarded a plane to a Socialist International conference in Europe without a penny in foreign currency, carrying only a leather-bound volume of Hazlitt.
The worst case scenario from a penny dropped from a great height is a slight sting.
If it's a lose, I get naught - not even a penny for me to ride home on the tram.
If the budget is passed by the legislature, sugary drinks would be slapped with an extra penny-per-ounce excise tax.
A penny isn't the most aerodynamic of weapons.
I rub my scars the way other people fret a rabbit's foot or burnish a lucky penny.
We had been trying to tell her politely to go home, but she hadn't someone said that the last bus let in four minutes'time and the penny dropped.
In the penny jar example, you ask each participant for a number.
come back again like a bad penny
After some minutes he appeared to have come to a decision, and entering the shop he purchased a baby's rattle for fourpence half-penny.
The riddle "What hand is the penny in?" is related to the riddle, "What color is the chameleon on a mirror?"
Alcoa surprised Wall Street by an extra penny a share and raised its forecast for growth in aluminum demand in 2010, but the stock has settled back where it was before the earnings announcement.
Throw every other penny you possibly can at the debt with the lowest balance.
John is a big spender and never thinks of saving a penny.
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