People closing the businesses they scrimped and saved to start .

人们正在停止那些靠着精打细算，省吃俭用维持住的生意。

I had scrimped and saved to get at least two stickers a week - sometimes three if I had a little extra left over .

我省吃俭用，节衣缩食，争取每周得到两张以上的贴纸。有时如果有点额外盈余的话能拿到三张。

At a recent conference at tsinghua university in beijing , students complained that their parents had scrimped and saved to send them to university in the city , but now upon graduation they could barely afford to live there .

在清华大学最近的一次研讨会上，清华学生们抱怨了当年他们的父母省吃俭用的送他们来北京上大学，却现在却面临毕业时，无法负担高额的房价而难以生活在北京。

She described how her father had hardly missed a day of work despite suffering from multiple sclerosis , and had saved and scrimped to pay that share of his children 's college tuition that was not covered by government grants and student loans .

她说自己的父亲在身患多发性硬化以前几乎没有旷过工，讲述他如何省吃俭用积攒子女们除去政府补助和学生贷款那部分的大学费用。

Mother never scrimped on meals .

在三餐上母亲从不节省。