Ne pas attacher son chien avec des saucisses


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Informal French Expression

Meaning	to be cheap, stingy, tight-fisted
Literally	to not tie up one’s dog with sausages
Register	informal
Pronunciation		[neu pah zah tah shay so(n) shyeh(n) ah vehk day so sees]
IPA		[nə pa a ta ʃe sɔ̃ ʃjɛ̃ a vɛk de so sis]

Usage notes: The French idiom ne pas attacher son chien avec des saucisses brings to mind some cartoon dog trotting down the road, triumphantly dragging a long string of sausages behind him. You can image how a leash made of sausages would be no match for a hungry dog, so this colorful expression understates a person’s attachment to his or her money:

S/he doesn’t tie the dog up with an easily broken (or eaten) leash …

==> s/he ties it up with something unbreakable …

==> s/he holds onto money.

Par exemple…

Je voulais rester dans un hôtel plus luxe, mais Thierry n’attache pas son chien avec des saucisses.		I wanted to stay in a more luxurious hotel, but Thierry is too cheap.
Ce mec n’attache pas son chien avec des saucisses : il arrache les clous pour les réutiliser !		That guy is so tight-fisted: he pulls out nails to reuse them!

Variation: ne pas les attacher avec des saucisses

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