penny wise and pound foolish

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von penny wise and pound foolish im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

ufak şeylerde hasis büyük şeylerde müsrif

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von penny wise and pound foolish im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful and profligate with large amounts

intelligent in trivial matters but foolish in important ones

Relevante Übersetzungen

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

Silbentrennung

pen·ny wise and Pound fool·ish

Türkische aussprache

peni wayz ınd paund fulîş

Aussprache

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

Etymologie

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