Are you pennywise and pound folish?
By Bala
@balasri (26537)
India
1 response
@goodsign (2287)
• Malaysia
3 Nov 07
Yes because my husband said that way to me previously and later teach me how to have advance learning for my family's cashflow, balance sheet and progit & loss.
A penny is a small amount of money and a pound is a larger amount. "Penny-wise, pound-foolish" is to be cautious (wise) with small amounts of money but wasteful (foolish) with larger amounts.
Example: "We've worked so hard to save money that if we took a vacation now it would be penny-wise, pound-foolish."
People sometimes worry about spending small amounts of money; then they carelessly spend much larger amounts.
Example: "He spends very little on food during the week, then blows all his money drinking on the weekends. He really is penny-wise, pound-foolish."



