Similar words: penny wise and pound foolish, anywise, pennyworth, spend a penny, penny, twopenny, sixpenny, halfpenny. Meaning: adj. thrifty in small matters only.
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1. Don't try to be penny-wise and pound-foolish.
2. I'm not the only penny-wise , pound - foolish cheapskate out there.
3. Be not penny-wise have wings, and sometimes they fly away of themselves(http://Sentencedict.com), sometimes them must be set flying to bring in more.
4. This kind of penny-wise , pound - poor behaviour was just unbelievable.
5. He is penny-wise and pound-foolish to drive for two hours to buy 1 kilo potatos which are 3 fen a kilo cheaper than those in the market nearby.
6. Be not penny-wise: riches have wings, and sometimes they fly away of themselves; sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.
7. But I think you're just being penny-wise , pound - foolish!
8. Our boss is penny-wise: he makes sure that we don't throw away rubber bands and paper clips. But he's not so good when it comes to big things like buying the best computer system.
9. If patient from examines blindly from the medicine, will often be penny-wise and pound foolish, will create inevitably "troublesome".
10. Retreading machine's detail always has the mark to follow, needs to purchase plays the family please to inspect, is sure not to greedy for petty profit is penny-wise and pound foolish.
11. If Unions think this is beneficial to them, they are being penny-wise and pound foolish.
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