- look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
- proverb if you concentrate on saving small amounts of money, you'll soon amass a large amount
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look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
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look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves — (UK) If you look after the pennies, the pounds will look after themselves, meaning that if someone takes care not to waste small amounts of money, they will accumulate capital. ( Look after the pence and the pounds will look after themselves is… … The small dictionary of idiomes
look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves — ► look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves proverb if you concentrate on saving small amounts of money, you ll soon amass a large amount. Main Entry: ↑penny … English terms dictionary
look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves — (UK) If you look after the pennies, the pounds will look after themselves, meaning that if someone takes care not to waste small amounts of money, they will accumulate capital. ( Look after the pence and the pounds will look after themselves… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves — The ‘Mr. Lowndes’ to whom quot. 1750 attributes this saying was William Lowndes (1652–1724). 1750 CHESTERFIELD Letter 5 Feb. (1932) IV. 1500 Old Mr. Lowndes, the famous Secretary of the Treasury,..used to say..Take care of the pence, and the… … Proverbs new dictionary
penny — ► NOUN (pl. pennies (for separate coins); pence (for a sum of money)) 1) a British bronze coin worth one hundredth of a pound. 2) a former British coin worth one twelfth of a shilling and 240th of a pound. 3) N. Amer. informal a one cent coin. ●… … English terms dictionary
Penny — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Penny (homonymie). Un Penny du Ghana de 1958 Sur les autres projets Wikimedia … Wikipédia en Français
Pence — Penny Pour les articles homonymes, voir Penny (homonymie). Un Penny du Ghana de 1958 … Wikipédia en Français
Pences — Penny Pour les articles homonymes, voir Penny (homonymie). Un Penny du Ghana de 1958 … Wikipédia en Français
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