pound foolish meaning in Chinese
adj.
大数目上马虎的；省小失大的。
Examples
- 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。 - Some might say he is penny wise and pound foolish
有些人可能会说他是因小失大。 - Penny wise and pound foolish
小事聪明，大事糊涂。 - Penny wise , pound foolish
贪小便宜吃大亏。 - Fussy about trifles , careless about big things . penny wise , pound foolish
小的扣紧，大的放松，池子里捕鱼，太湖里放生。