词汇 | penny-wise and/but pound-foolish |
释义 | penny-wise and/but pound-foolish : careful about small amounts of money but not about large amounts小钱精明,大钱糊涂;小事聪明,大事糊涂;贪小失大 — 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尤用于描述当前节省了小钱却导致将来损失大钱 The administration's plans to cut funding are penny-wise and pound-foolish.政府削减基金的计划是贪小失大。 penny-wise |
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