Penny-wisemeaning

8天前—tobeextremelycarefulaboutsmallamountsofmoneyandnotcarefulenoughaboutlargeramountsofmoney.SMARTVocabulary:relatedwords ...,tobeextremelycarefulaboutsmallamountsofmoneyandnotcarefulenoughaboutlargeramountsofmoney.小錢仔細,大錢揮霍;省小錢花大錢.(Translationof ...,FromtheBritishcurrency(onepennybeingonehundredthofapoundor,priortodecimalisation,one240thofapound).Pronunciation ...,ph.小處精明...

Meaning of be penny-wise and pound

8 天前 — to be extremely careful about small amounts of money and not careful enough about larger amounts of money. SMART Vocabulary: related words ...

be penny-wise and pound-foolish

to be extremely careful about small amounts of money and not careful enough about larger amounts of money. 小錢仔細,大錢揮霍;省小錢花大錢. (Translation of ...

penny wise and pound foolish

From the British currency (one penny being one hundredth of a pound or, prior to decimalisation, one 240th of a pound). Pronunciation ...

penny wise and pound foolish

ph. 小處精明, 大處浪費; 因小失大. Dr.eye 譯典通片語 · penny wise ...

Penny

PENNY–WISE meaning: careful about small amounts of money but not about large amounts used especially to describe something that is done to save a small ...

PENNY-WISE definition and meaning

2 meanings: 1. greatly concerned with saving small sums of money 2. → See penny-wise and pound-foolish.... Click for more definitions.

PENNY

confusion; turmoil; jumble. a source of great and sudden wealth or luck. a burden, impediment, or hindrance. TAKE THE QUIZ ...

Penny

2023年12月9日 — The meaning of PENNY-WISE is wise or prudent only in dealing with small sums or matters.

Penny-wise andbut pound

—used especially to describe something that is done to save a small amount of money now but that will cost a large amount of money in the future.

Penny-wise

/ˈpɛniwaɪz/. IPA guide. Definitions of penny-wise. adjective. thrifty in ...