penny-wise

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penny-wise [pe-ni-uais]
adjetivo
1Se dice del que por ahorrar poco se expone a perder mucho.
  • Penny-wise and pound-foolish -> que escatima en los gastos pequeños y derrocha sumas cuantiosas

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penny-wise [ˌpenɪˈwaɪz]
adjective
to be penny-wise mirar el dinero
Never penny-wise, she admired a red Bugatti in a showroom and contemplated buying it
to be penny-wise and pound-foolish mirar tanto el dinero que se acaba gastando un dineral
if we had had proper auditors we would have saved billions - in other words, we have been penny-wise and really pound-foolish we were doing a lot of penny-wise and pound-foolish things

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