pennywise

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“People are sometimes pennywise and pound foolish, including people with decent amounts of money,” said Josh Rubenstein, a New York attorney who heads the private wealth department at the nationwide law firm Katten.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2023

The WNBA’s bargain salaries are pennywise and pound foolish.

From Washington Times • May 1, 2019

But the task force sent by the pennywise, pound-foolish admirals was defeated by a U.S. task force which, though inferior in quantity, was superior in quality.

From Time Magazine Archive

He told a national TV audience that Ford's plans for the economy were "pennywise and pound-foolish"�that much more should be done to raise production and create jobs.

From Time Magazine Archive

And those, of most renown, That once sold doves,—now grown so pennywise To bargain with forlorner merchandise,— They buy and sell, they buy and sell again, The life-long toil of men.

From The Singing Man A Book of Songs and Shadows by Peabody, Josephine Preston