penny-wise

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A really great administrator is not penny-wise; he thinks far ahead, around and into a problem.

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  1. adjective Careful in dealing with small sums of money or small matters.

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  • That's a move that could turn out to be penny-wise and pound-foolish.
  • Her tales of grandmothers, parents and a penny-wise Aunt Norma read more like —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • "You don't want to be penny-wise and pound-foolish because you think the market's going to drop a little more. —  AOL News
  • I get the gist, even if yours truly might be the most penny-wise / pound-foolish this side of the Mississippi. —  Big Stupid Tommy
  • He was penny-wise and pound-foolish, so he cut out the wireless to save a miserable hundred and forty dollars a month. —  Cappy Ricks Retires
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