pound-foolish

• Désigne une personne économe dans les petites dépenses mais prodigue ou dépensière pour les sommes importantes.

Describes a person who is careful with small amounts of money but wasteful with large sums.

1. Unwise with large sumsC1formalbritish

   Careless or imprudent when handling significant amounts of money, often while being overly careful with small amounts.

   Imprudent avec les grosses sommes

   • He is penny-wise but pound-foolish, saving on small items while wasting thousands on bad investments.
   • The company's pound-foolish strategy led to massive losses despite minor cost-cutting.
   • Being pound-foolish means you risk financial ruin by ignoring big expenses.

   Synonymesextravagantimprudentlavishprodigalprofligatespendthriftthriftlesswasteful