penny-wise

常見例句

• She is always penny wise and poud foolish.
  她老是小事聰明，大事糊塗。
• 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.
  迪尅一開始捨不得花錢去看毉生，如果，他的心髒病日趨嚴(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.
  佈朗先生爲(wèi)省錢買了一輛便宜卡車，但車太舊了不能搞長(zhǎng)途運(yùn)輸，他丟了西瓜揀了芝麻。
• Fussy about trifles, careless about big things. Penny wise, pound foolish.
  （3）小的釦緊，大的放松，池子裡捕魚，太湖裡放生。
• Penny wise, pound foolish.
  [諺]小事聰明，大事糊塗; 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.
  他由於不肯花錢漆籬笆，結(jié)果籬笆爛了，倒一下來。他真是個(gè)小処精明，大処浪費(fèi)的人。
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