"Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish" (cautious with small amounts of money, but careless with larger amounts... ) A penny is a small amount of money and a pound is a larger amount. " Penny-wise, pound-foolish " is to be cautious ( wise ) with small amounts of money but wasteful ( foolish ) with larger amounts.
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In Reply to: Re: Penny wise and pound foolish posted by Priya on September 10, 2003 ... : : Hi! My phrase of the day is: Penny wise and pound foolish. Can you please tell me what that means, and, perhaps, the origin as well...
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Definition of penny wise and pound foolish in the Idioms Dictionary. penny wise and pound foolish phrase. What does penny wise and pound foolish expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. ... penny wise and pound foolish; penny-wise and pound-foolish; pension off; people; People who live in glass...
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Penny wise, pound foolish - English Idiom Definition ... Someone who is penny wise, pound foolish can be very careful or mean with small amounts of money, yet wasteful and extravagant with large sums...
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It may indeed be penny-wise and pound-foolish for you to stop clearing your porches. But imagine if you didn't know, from year to year, whether or not you were going to bulldoze the house and build a school on the lot.
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Journal of a Living Lady #207 ... Nancy White Kelly ... While I am not obsessed with the green stuff, don’t try to beat me out of it. That makes me a little huffy and brings to mind another saying, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” As old as this maxim is, it fits today.  I am not angry, just a little miffed.
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In days gone by when school textbooks were English both in language and origin, we were taught the intricacies of monetary values in terms of pound, shilling and pence.  To be pennywise, pound foolish is to be senwise but ringgit foolish which is to mean we could be so taken up about  being overly concerned...
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