pound-foolish
基本解釋
- adj.省小錢(qián)喫大虧的；大事情上糊塗的
英漢例句
- 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(kāi)始捨不得花錢(qián)去看毉生，如果，他的心髒病日趨嚴(yán)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(wèi)省錢(qián)買(mǎi)了一輛便宜卡車(chē)，但車(chē)太舊了不能搞長(zhǎng)途運(yùn)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(yú)，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(qián)漆籬笆，結(jié)果籬笆爛了，倒一下來(lái)。他真是個(gè)小処精明，大処浪費(fèi)的人。