my beautiful plume is the pride of my birth, but i never use it niggardly .
我绚丽的羽衣是我天生的骄傲,但我从不吝惜使用。
you might regard the soil as your enemy because it yields reluctantly a niggardly subsistence.
如果你视土地为敌人,因为它吝啬小气,仅能饱腹。
more than that, the british public have lost a lot of faith in their banks, blaming them not only for the recession itself but also for niggardly lending throughout it.