英语词汇“penny-wise and pound-foolish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	penny-wise and pound-foolish
释义	penny-wise and pound-foolish in British English careful about trifles but wasteful in large ventures See full dictionary entry for penny-wise penny-wise and pound-foolish in American English careful or thrifty in small matters but careless or wasteful in major ones See full dictionary entry for penny-wise penny-wise and pound-foolish careful 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.
随便看	towardly towardness toward(s) towards to warm one's hands/feet to warm to sb/sth to warn against doing sth to warn of sth to warn sb against sth to warn sb not to do sth to warn sb of sth to warn sb that to wash one's face/hands/hair to wash one's hands of sth/sb to wash over/against sth to wash sth out of sth to-wash-your-dirty-linen-in-public to wash your dirty linen in public to wash your dirty laundry in public to wash your hands of someone to wash your hands of something to wash your hands of something wash one's hands of sb to waste no time to waste your breath to watch sb do/doing sth to watch sb like a hawk to watch telly

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penny-wise and pound-foolish in British English