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- 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。
- 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. 布朗先生为省钱买了一辆便宜卡车，但车太旧了不能搞长途运输，他丢了西瓜拣了芝麻。
- Fussy about trifles, careless about big things. Penny wise, pound foolish. （3）小的扣紧，大的放松，池子里捕鱼，太湖里放生。
- Penny wise, pound foolish. [谚]小事聪明，大事糊涂; 抓了芝麻，丢了西瓜。
- 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。
- 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的投资。
- 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. 布朗先生为省钱买了一辆便宜卡车，但车太旧了不能搞长途运输，他丢了西瓜拣了芝麻。
- Mr.Smith's fence is rotting and falling down because he wouldn't spend money to paint it. He is penny wise and pound foolish. 史密斯先生的木板围墙由腐烂而倒塌,都是因为他怕花钱油漆。他真是大处不算小处算。
- 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。
- 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。
- Penny wise and pound foolish. 小事聪明，大事糊涂。
- . He was penny wise and pound foolish 布朗先生为省钱买了一辆便宜卡车，但车太旧了不能搞长途运输，他丢了西瓜拣了芝麻。
- pound foolish;Grasp the shadow instead of the essence;penny wise 舍本逐末
- She is always penny wise and poud foolish. 她老是小事聪明，大事糊涂。
- "Penny wise, pound foolish" 贪小便宜吃大亏
- penny wise and pound foolishadj. 小处节约;大处浪费(小事聪明;大事糊涂)
- Penny wise(and),pound foolish 小处节约;大处浪费.
- You'd better mend your fence falling down,or you will be stolen,don't be penny and pound foolish. 你最好把你倒了的栅栏修好，否则你会被偷的，不要贪小失大。
- Don't be penny wise and pound follish.The cheap gas will ruin your car's engine in the long run. 不要因小失大。便宜的汽油会使你的车损坏。
