打小算盘 meaning in English

• play for peanuts; be calculating; be mean in trifles; be petty and scheming; count every penny; petty niggling; show petty shrewdness

• 爱打小算盘:    be calculating
• 小算盘:    selfish calculatio ...
• 小算盘(计数机):    calc

Examples

1. You ' re all worked up from being so creative . breathe
   你就会打小算盘想坏点子呼吸