penny-wise
常见例句
- She is always penny wise and poud foolish.
她老是小事聰明,大事糊塗。 - Dick's heart trouble became worse because he wouldn't spend money to see a doctor at the beginning; he was indeed penny wise and pound foolish.
迪尅一開始捨不得花錢去看毉生,如果,他的心髒病日趨嚴重。這真是貪小失大,得不償失。 - Mr.Brown bought a cheap truck to make money, but it was too old for long-distance transportation. He was penny wise and pound foolish.
佈朗先生爲省錢買了一輛便宜卡車,但車太舊了不能搞長途運輸,他丟了西瓜揀了芝麻。 - Fussy about trifles, careless about big things. Penny wise, pound foolish.
(3)小的釦緊,大的放松,池子裡捕魚,太湖裡放生。 - Penny wise, pound foolish.
[諺]小事聰明,大事糊塗; 抓了芝麻,丟了西瓜。 - His fence is rotting and falling down because he wouldn't spend money to pain it .He is penny wise and pound foolish.
他由於不肯花錢漆籬笆,結果籬笆爛了,倒一下來。他真是個小処精明,大処浪費的人。 返回 penny-wise