penny-wise

常見例句

• She is always penny wise and poud foolish.
  她老是小事聰明，大事糊涂。
• Dick's heart trouble became worse because he wouldn't spend money to see a doctor at the beginning; he was indeed penny wise and pound foolish.
  迪克一開始舍不得花錢去看醫(yī)生，如果，他的心臟病日趨嚴(yán)重。這真是貪小失大，得不償失。
• Mr.Brown bought a cheap truck to make money, but it was too old for long-distance transportation. He was penny wise and pound foolish.
  布朗先生為省錢買了一輛便宜卡車，但車太舊了不能搞長途運輸，他丟了西瓜揀了芝麻。
• Fussy about trifles, careless about big things. Penny wise, pound foolish.
  （3）小的扣緊，大的放松，池子里捕魚，太湖里放生。
• Penny wise, pound foolish.
  [諺]小事聰明，大事糊涂; 抓了芝麻，丟了西瓜。
• His fence is rotting and falling down because he wouldn't spend money to pain it .He is penny wise and pound foolish.
  他由于不肯花錢漆籬笆，結(jié)果籬笆爛了，倒一下來。他真是個小處精明，大處浪費的人。
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