penny-wise
Example Sentences
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“There’s more money lost ... not being smart. Penny-wise, pound-foolish sort of thing.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2021
Penny-wise smugglers have even used Aeroflot's discount flights across Asia, though Soviet police crackdowns in Moscow are making that route more dangerous.
From Time Magazine Archive
Penny-wise Betty fed her family on the proceeds, saved enough to take her sister and brother to Hollywood, where they arrived a year ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Penny-wise and pound-foolish, has been the ruin of thousands.
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis by Conway, Moncure Daniel
Penny-wise and pound-foolish to neglect the health of the breadwinner!
From Love's Shadow by Leverson, Ada
