Jump to content

cadw draenog yn ei boced

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Welsh

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Literally, "to keep a hedgehog in one's pocket".

Verb

[edit]

cadw draenog yn ei boced (f yn ei phoced)

  1. (idiomatic) to be stingy to be tight-fisted, to be mean (with money)
    • [2022 April 2, Branwen Jones, “15 uniquely brilliant Welsh sayings which make no sense at all in any other language”, in Wales Online:
      13. Mae e'n cadw draenog yn ei boced.
      "He keeps a hedgehog in his pocket."]

Inflection

[edit]