penny-wise and/but pound-foolish
- penny-wise and/but pound-foolish
penny-wise and/but pound-foolish
: careful about small amounts of money but not about large amounts
— used especially to describe something that is done to save a small amount of money now but that will cost a large amount of money in the future
The administration's plans to cut funding are penny-wise and pound-foolish.
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Useful english dictionary.
2012.
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penny wise and pound foolish — Wise or careful in small things but not careful enough in important things. A proverb. * /Mr. Smith s fence is rotting and falling down because he wouldn t spend money to paint it. He is penny wise and pound foolish./ … Dictionary of American idioms
penny wise and pound foolish — Wise or careful in small things but not careful enough in important things. A proverb. * /Mr. Smith s fence is rotting and falling down because he wouldn t spend money to paint it. He is penny wise and pound foolish./ … Dictionary of American idioms
penny wise and pound foolish — ► penny wise and pound foolish economical in small matters but extravagant in large ones. Main Entry: ↑penny … English terms dictionary
penny\ wise\ and\ pound\ foolish — proverb Wise or careful in small things but not careful enough in important things. Mr. Smith s fence is rotting and falling down because he wouldn t spend money to paint it. He is penny wise and pound foolish … Словарь американских идиом
penny wise and pound foolish — economical in small matters but extravagant in large ones. → penny wise … English new terms dictionary
penny wise and pound foolish — intelligent in trivial matters but foolish in important ones … English contemporary dictionary
penny wise and pound foolish — adjective prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful and profligate with large amounts … Wiktionary
penny-wise — [pen′ē wīz′] adj. careful or thrifty in regard to small matters penny wise and pound foolish careful or thrifty in small matters but careless or wasteful in major ones * * * pen·ny wise or pen·ny·wise (pĕnʹē wīz ) adj. Careful in dealing with… … Universalium
penny-wise — [pen′ē wīz′] adj. careful or thrifty in regard to small matters penny wise and pound foolish careful or thrifty in small matters but careless or wasteful in major ones … English World dictionary
penny wise, pound foolish — careful with pennies but careless with pounds, penny wise, dollar dumb Our budget is penny wise and pound foolish we save a little on food, and waste a lot on a luxury car! … English idioms
