penny-wise pound-foolish

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von penny-wise pound-foolish im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

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penny wise and pound foolish

ufak şeylerde hasis büyük şeylerde müsrif

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von penny-wise pound-foolish im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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penny-wise pound-foolish

{s} capable of dealing with small things but unable to manage the larger issues

don't be penny wise and pound foolish

Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere

don't be penny wise and pound foolish

Don't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts

penny wise and pound foolish

prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful and profligate with large amounts

penny-wise and pound-foolish

Thrifty about petty matters and wasteful about important matters

penny wise and pound foolish

intelligent in trivial matters but foolish in important ones

Silbentrennung

pen·ny-wise pound-fool·ish