fogához veri a garast

fog (“tooth”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix) +‎ -hoz (“to”) + ver (“to hit, beat”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + garas (“penny”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally: to beat the penny to one's tooth

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoɡaːɦoz ˈvɛri ɒˈɡɒrɒʃt]

fogához veri a garast

1. (idiomatic) close-fisted, tight-fisted, miserly, stingy, cheap (excessively stingy with money)

   Synonym: zsugori

• For the verb see ver.
• The possessive noun takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence: fogamhoz, fogadhoz, fogához, fogunkhoz, fogatokhoz, fogukhoz.
• The inflected noun garast remains unchanged.