Some might say he is penny wise and pound foolish.

有些人可能会说他是因小失大。

Education budget cuts are penny wise and pound foolish ——public education is an investment in our future.

教育预算削减是明于小事而昧于大事，因为学校教育是我们将来的一项投资。

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.

迪克一开始舍不得花钱去看医生，如果，他的心脏病日趋严重。这真是贪小失大，得不偿失。

Education budget cuts are penny wise and pound foolish since public education is an investment in our future.

缩减教育预算是因小失大，因为公共教育是一项对我们的未来投资。

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.

布朗师长教师为省钱买了一辆廉价卡车，但车太旧了不克不及搞远程运输，他丢了西瓜拣了芝麻。

His fence is rotting and falling down because he wouldn't spend money to pain it . He is penny wise and pound foolish.

他由于不肯花钱漆篱笆，结果篱笆烂了，倒一下来。他真是个小处精明，大处浪费的人。

He refused to spend money in repairing the roof, and now the rain has ruined half his furniture- a plain example of penny wise and pound foolish.

他不肯花钱修屋顶，现在房子漏了，家具毁了一半-这是再明显不过的贪小失大的例子。

Forbidding private phone calls in the office cannot really reduce the company's expenses; it's just being penny wise and pound foolish.

禁止在办公室打私人电话其实不能减少多少开支；反而是因小失大。

Don’t be penny wise and pound foolish.

不要小钱精明，大钱愚蠢。

I know, but don't be penny wise and pound foolish. They won't last long.

我知道，但是不要因小失大。那种鞋穿不久的。

Don't be penny wise and pound foolish. The cheap gas will ruin your car's engine in the long run.

不要因小失大。（便宜没好货。）到头来廉价汽油只会损坏引擎。

She is always penny wise and pound foolish.

她老是小事聪明，大事糊涂（小处精明，大处浪费）。

It is penny wise and pound foolish to do otherwise. Style does matter. It pays real dividends in terms of correctness, usability, robustness, and maintainability.

代码风格很重要，它能在团队中对代码的正确性、可用性、鲁棒性以及可维护性产生实际的效用。

If Unions think this is beneficial to them, they are being penny-wise and pound foolish.

如果工会认为这件事会对他们有利，那他们就是在耍小聪明，大事糊涂。

You're nothing more than penny wise and pound-foolish if you pass up an amazing new career opportunity to keep an extra little bit of income.

如果你为了保持额外多那么一点点的收入而错过了一个极好的工作机会，那么你就跟那些“捡了芝麻，丢了西瓜”的人没有多大区别。

Asking the workers not to make private phone calls from the office is not likely to reduce the firm's losses, it is just being penny wise and pound-foolish.

要工作人员不在办公室打私人电话不大可能减少企业的亏损，那只是打小段盘而忽略大处。

You can't afford accumulated a variety of extra burden penny-wise and pound foolish.

你付不起贪小失大所累积的种种额外负担。

Let's not be penny-wise and pound-foolish in the new expansion of our production plant.

在我们制造车间新近的扩建工程中，我们可不能过份吝啬，因小失大。

Don't try to be penny-wise and pound-foolish.

不要成为小钱精明，大钱糊涂。

He is penny-wise and pound-foolish to drive for two hours to buy 1 kilo potatos which are 3 fen a kilo cheaper than those in the market nearby.

他开了两小时车就为了买二斤土豆，每公斤比附近的市场便宜三分钱。

'You're penny wise but pound foolish. Saving up and then going and spending it all on a whim! '

你呀，净知道攒小钱，大钱却眼也不眨地挥霍，辛苦攒下的钱，心血来潮就一下子花掉！