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Counting coppers
锱铢必较;精打细算(含贬义)
「Counting coppers」字面意思是数铜板,这里引申为锱铢必较、过于计较小钱。 Littlefinger 说 King Robert 觉得 Jon Arryn 提出的财政建议是「Counting coppers」,言下之意是国王不把这些财政问题当回事,觉得那是小气、斤斤计较的行为。
but I fear His Grace doesn't always listen.
"Counting coppers," he calls it.
I'll speak to him tomorrow.
