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1 pound-foolish
adjмарнотратнийpenny-wise and pound-foolish — що заощаджує на дрібницях, а втрачає на великому
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2 penny-wise
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3 penny wise
[ˌpenɪ'waɪz]adjдріб'язко́вийpenny wise and pound foolish — оща́дливий на дрібни́цях і марнотра́тний на вели́кому
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4 penny wise and pound foolish
той, хто економить на дрібницях, може бути марнотратним у великомуEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > penny wise and pound foolish
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5 _економія; заощадливість
both poverty and prosperity come from spending money – prosperity from spending it wisely buy what you do not need and you will soon need what you cannot buy cheap goods always prove expensive cut your coat according to your cloth a dollar saved is a dollar earned many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths penny wise and pound foolish spare when you are young and spend when you are old take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves thrift is a great revenue thrift is to a man what chastity is to a woman too late to spare when all is spent waste not, want not who spends before he thinks, will beg before he diesEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _економія; заощадливість
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penny wise, pound foolish — Someone who is penny wise, pound foolish can be very careful or mean with small amounts of money, yet wasteful and extravagant with large sums … The small dictionary of idiomes
penny wise, pound foolish — phrase not willing to spend small amounts of money, but likely to spend large amounts in a stupid way Thesaurus: careful with moneysynonym Main entry: penny … Useful english dictionary
penny wise, pound foolish — Someone who is penny wise, pound foolish can be very careful or mean with small amounts of money, yet wasteful and extravagant with large sums. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Penny wise, pound foolish — Someone who is penny wise, pound foolish can be very careful or mean with small amounts of money, yet wasteful and extravagant with large sums … Dictionary of English idioms
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
penny-wise pound-foolish — adj. capable of dealing with small things but unable to manage the larger issues … English contemporary dictionary
penny wise, pound foolish — not willing to spend small amounts of money, but likely to spend large amounts in a stupid way … English dictionary
pound-foolish — [pound′fo͞ol′ish] adj. not handling large sums of money wisely: see PENNY WISE * * * pound fool·ish (poundʹfo͞oʹlĭsh) adj. Unwise in dealing with large sums of money or large matters. [From the phrase penny wise, pound foolish.] * * * … Universalium
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 fu … Useful english dictionary
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