单词 | penny-wise and pound-foolish |
释义 | penny-wise and pound-foolish in British Englishcareful about trifles but wasteful in large ventures penny-wise and pound-foolish in American English careful or thrifty in small matters but careless or wasteful in major ones penny-wise and pound-foolishcareful in small matters but careless in more important ones If we had auditors to go out and check on this, we would have saved billions of dollars.In other words, we have been penny-wise and pound-foolish here. |
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