be penny-wise and pound-foolish
Penny wise and pound
foolish描述的是一种集中精力在小事情上节省小钱,而错过了节省或获得大量金钱的机会。Penny(便士)是pound(镑)的辅币中的最小币值。
举个某人是 penny wise and pound
foolish的例子,一个人为了买打折的商品,跑了很多杂货店,但最后花的路费比他在杂货店买打折商品时省下来的钱还多。另一个being penny wise
and pound foolish
的例子是,某个人用劣质的瓦盖房子,结果因为屋顶漏水而造成昂贵的维修费用的损失。这种情况下这个短语的意思就跟中文中的“因小失大”是一致的。
I know you don't want to pay for this expensive course of treatment, but when
ignoring your health lands you in the hospital, you'll see that you were
penny-wise and pound-foolish.
我知道你不想为这个昂贵的疗程买单,但是当你因为忽视你的健康而进了医院,你就会明白你是因小失大了。
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