pound-foolish
English
Etymology
From penny-wise and pound-foolish (“thrifty in the small and wasteful in the large”).
Adjective
pound-foolish (comparative more pound-foolish, superlative most pound-foolish)
- Being unwise in dealing with large amounts of money.
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Translations
being unwise in dealing with large amounts of money
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