pound-foolish

English - Turkish

Definition of pound-foolish in English Turkish dictionary: ufak şeylerde tutumlu, büyük şeylerde müsrif (kimse); çok para harcayan; para harcamasını bilmeyen
unwise in dealing with large sums: büyük meblağlar ile ilgili olarak akılsızca
penny wise and pound foolish: ufak şeylerde hasis büyük şeylerde müsrif
pound foolish: para harcamasını bilmeyen
pound foolish: çok para harcayan
poundfoolish: para harcamasını bilmeyen

English - English

Definition of pound-foolish in English English dictionary: Being unwise in dealing with large amounts of money; unwise in dealing with large sums; incapable or unwise in dealing with large money matters or other large issues
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
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
penny wise and pound foolish: prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful and profligate with large amounts
penny-wise and pound-foolish: Thrifty about petty matters and wasteful about important matters
penny-wise pound-foolish: {s} capable of dealing with small things but unable to manage the larger issues
penny wise and pound foolish: intelligent in trivial matters but foolish in important ones

pound-foolish

Hyphenation

pound-fool·ish

() From penny-wise and pound-foolish (“thrifty in the small and wasteful in the large”)

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