For penny-pinchers, the line between thrift and thievery turns out to be as tangled as a yard-sale yo-yo.
对吝啬鬼来说，节俭和偷窃之间的界线竟如同旧货市场上的溜溜球般纠结杂乱。
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De Roux says external factors similarly account for why Americans wound up as the biggest-spending and best-tipping tourists, while Germans and the French were among the worst penny-pinchers.
De Roux谈到外部因素似乎可以解释为什么美国人高居为最大花销和最多小费游客，而德国和法国游客被列为最抠门的。