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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

foolish

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

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[pound of flesh] {n. phr.}, {literary} The maximum payment authorized by law. * /He had hoped that Peter would be lenient regarding the interest they had agreed on, but Peter […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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