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дрожать (трястись) над < каждой> копейкой, тж. дрожать (трястись) за каждую копейкуразг., неодобр.haggle over every kopeck; cf. grudge every penny; shiver < in one's boots> over every copper- Я знаю, что ты бы не расстался с поручиком Кувшинниковым. Уж как бы вы с ним хорошо сошлись! Это не то, что прокурор и все губернские скряги в нашем городе, которые так и трясутся за каждую копейку. (Н. Гоголь, Мёртвые души) — 'I know that you and Lieutenant Kuvshinnikov would have become inseparable. How well you'd have gotten along together! This isn't the same thing as the Public Prosecutor and all the provincial skinflints in our town, who simply shiver in their boots over every copper.'
Работать к Епифану идут с охотой. Кормит он хорошо, порой одаривает стопочкой спиртного и платит не скупясь, не дрожит над каждой копейкой. (Г. Марков, Сибирь) — Epifan never had difficulty hiring help. He fed his men well, occasionally stood them a glass of liquor each, and paid good wages, never haggling over every kopeck.
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