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penny wise and pound foolish　

“penny wise and pound foolish”的中文翻译

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1. 小处精明,大处浪费

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。