penny wise and pound foolish

English - Turkish

Definition of penny wise and pound foolish in English Turkish dictionary: ufak şeylerde hasis büyük şeylerde müsrif

English - English

Definition of penny wise and pound foolish in English English dictionary: prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful and profligate with large amounts; intelligent in trivial matters but foolish in important ones
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: Thrifty about petty matters and wasteful about important matters

penny wise and pound foolish

Hyphenation

pen·ny wise and Pound fool·ish

peni wayz ınd paund fulîş

/ˈpenē ˈwīz ənd ˈpound ˈfo͞oləsʜ/ /ˈpɛniː ˈwaɪz ənd ˈpaʊnd ˈfuːlɪʃ/

() From the British currency (one penny being 1/100th of a pound or, prior to decimalisation, 1/240th of a pound)

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