pin money
Extra money used for incidentals.
She has a regular full-time job but she earns extra pin money by doing a lot of baby-sitting.
pin on
To find guilty of a crime or offense.
This idiom is divided by a noun phrase containing the crime or offense. The accused person is mentioned after the preposition on.
This idiom is divided by a noun phrase containing the crime or offense. The accused person is mentioned after the preposition on.
The prosecuting attorney tried to pin the murder on the victim’s husband, but the jury returned a verdict of «not guilty.»
I wasn’t anywhere near the window when it got broken. You can’t pin that on me.
pin one's ears back
To beat; defeat.
After winning three games in a row, the Reds had their ears pinned back by the Blues.
To scold.
Mrs. Smith pinned Mary's ears back for not doing her homework.
pin one's faith on
To depend upon; trust.
We pinned our faith on our home basketball team to win the state finals, and they did!
pinch and scrape
To save as much money as possible by spending as little as possible.
They are trying to buy their first house so they are pinching and scraping every penny they can.
pinch pennies
watch every penny
penny pinching
Not spend a penny more than necessary; be very saving or thrifty.
When Tom and Mary were saving money to buy a house, they had to pinch pennies.
Bob saved enough money by penny-pinching to buy a bicycle.
pinch-hit
To substitute for another player at bat in a baseball game.
Smith was sent in to pinch-hit for Jones.
To act for a while, or in an emergency, for another person; take someone's place for a while.
I asked him to pinch-hit for me while I was away.
The president of the City Council pinch-hits for the mayor when the mayor is out of town.
Jones was hit by a pitched ball and Smith came in as a pinch-hitter.
When our teacher was sick, Mrs. Harris was called as a pinch-hitter.
Pinch-hitting for another teacher is a hard job.
pine away
To waste away with grief.
After George was sent abroad, his wife pined away for him so much that she became ill.