cheap out

費用をけちる

費用をけちりすぎて質を悪くする。

やさしい英語で： To spend too little on something, so its quality suffers.

• Do not cheap out on safety equipment.
• The builder cheaped out and used poor materials.
• You can tell they cheaped out on the seats.

使い方： cheap out on something (They cheaped out on the wiring.)

類義語： cut corners, skimp

よく使う表現： cheap out on something, cheap out on repairs

けちけちする

必要な程度のお金さえ出そうとしない。

やさしい英語で： To refuse to spend a reasonable amount of money.

• Please do not cheap out this time.
• She cheaped out when it was her turn to pay.
• He always cheaps out on birthday gifts.

使い方： cheap out on someone (He cheaped out on us and bought no drinks.)

類義語： be stingy, be tightfisted

よく使う表現： cheap out again, cheap out on someone

けちって約束を果たさない

費用をけちって、必要なものや約束したものを提供できない。

やさしい英語で： To spend so little that you fail to deliver what someone needs or was promised.

• The company cheaped out and never finished the project.
• They cheaped out on staffing, leaving guests without the promised service.
• We were cheaped out of a decent holiday.

使い方： cheap someone out of something (The hotel cheaped us out of the comfortable stay it had promised.)

よく使う表現： cheap out on something, cheap out on services