How about "He was soo tight (mean) he could peel an orange in his pocket with a boxing glove on"
Feeble really.
However. A good few years ago one of my elder brothers and I were out having a few pints with my then soon to be brother in law. My brother had bought the first round, 3 pints. After a while I bought a round, 3 pints again. We were getting to the bottom of these ones, and the natural progression would have been for our family's newest member to decorate the mahogany next.
Well we waited, and waited, and yer man was making no gestures that indicated loads of pints were imminent.
My brother eventually looked at him and said
"Is your arm OK these days Joe?" Joe, a little confused "what do you mean?" "No, it's just I thought it was broke the way you were buyin' all those pints"

le meas Bren.