cadw draenog yn ei boced

Welsh

Etymology

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

Phrase

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

Personal forms (literary & colloquial)
singular plural
first person dw i'n cadw draenog yn fy mhoced dyn ni'n cadw draenog yn ein poced
second person rwyt ti'n cadw draenog yn dy boced dych chi'n cadw draenog yn eich poced
third person mae o'n/e'n cadw draenog yn ei boced m
mae hi'n cadw draenog yn ei phoced f 		maen nhw'n cadw draenog yn eu poced
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