To be an anxious and hoarding person, such as, for example, that person who does not settle for earning a salary to live, and also has another job, hoarding another salary.
It is an expression used in Spain to imply that a person is scary, timid and pessimistic.It refers to the stage of life in which human beings suffers because it is next to die.
BEING an AGONIES: Be a timid and pessimistic person.