He'd live in your ear and sublet your ear-drum
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A mean or stingy person, one so parsimonious they would exploit even the tiniest opportunity.
Jaysus that fella is unbelievebly tight, he'd live in your ear and sublet your ear-drum
Good heavens, that fellow is unimaginably parsimonious. He would take up residence in your auditory canal and sublet the tympanic membrane.