You're nothing more than penny wise and pound-foolish if you pass up an amazing new career opportunity to keep an extra little bit of income.

如果你为了保持额外多那么一点点的收入而错过了一个极好的工作机会，那么你就跟那些“捡了芝麻，丢了西瓜”的人没有多大区别。

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Asking the workers not to make private phone calls from the office is not likely to reduce the firm's losses, it is just being penny wise and pound-foolish.

要工作人员不在办公室打私人电话不大可能减少企业的亏损，那只是打小段盘而忽略大处。

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Don't be penny wise and pound foolish.

不要小钱精明，大钱愚蠢。

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Nonetheless, in a penny-wise, pound-foolish manner, we have been prematurely reverting facilities and resources years before the treaty requires.

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The climate of uncertainty caused by deadlock in Washington is leading to penny-wise, pound foolish behavior at all levels of government, and Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) felt the pain severely in the third quarter.

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