a pretty penny （好多毛钱）

cherishie

A pretty penny   
If something costs a pretty penny, it is very expensive.

好多毛钱啊
如果一样东西花了你“好多毛钱”，表示这样东西很贵。

-I bought 32la an overcoat last May. (我去年五月份给32la买了件大衣)
-really? (真的假的啊？)
-Yeah, it cost a pretty penny. (当然真的啦，那衣服贵得一蹋糊涂啊！)

Dean

A penny saved is a penny earned.

[字面意思] 节省一个便士就等于挣了一个便士。
[解释] 省钱是明智的做法。省一分就是赚一分。不要因为钱的数目不大就不把它当一回事，瞧不起小钱是不对的，要记住A penny saved is a penny earned这条经验。

cherishie

I'm learning to save money, 'cause I'm an adult already, and not supposed to ask for money from my parents

伊人独酌

If I don't go shopping, I don't spend too much money.

伊人独酌

Most of my money is spend on clothes and makeup

Dean

Girls like to waste their money on dress and cosmetics while boys on cigarrettes and drinking.

伊人独酌

NO, no, that is not waste!

Dean

Hehe,
If i think it unnecessary to spend money on dress and cosmetics i will use \"waste\". Perhaps i am wrong. I don't quite understand girls. As for boys i think it a waste of money to buy cigarrettes. Sometimes i drink a bit. So i spend some money on drinking.

伊人独酌

Yes, the way of boys' spending is totally wasting!

Dean

Really? Either girls or boys have their own ways of spending money. If they think it a waste of money they will not do it. They spend money on it because they enjoy it very much. That's the way to use money. Make money and live happily with money.