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See: PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH.

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penny wise and pound foolish

[penny wise and pound foolish] Wise or careful in small things but not careful enough in important things. - A proverb. * /Mr. Smith's fence is rotting and falling down […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

wise

[wise] See: [GET WISE], [PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH], [PUT WISE], [THE WISER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

pound

[pound] See: [PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[pay the piper] or [pay the fiddler] {v. phr.} To suffer the results of being foolish; pay or suffer because of your foolish acts or wasting money. * /Bob had […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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