2010年8月7日 星期六

053 (A) pinch pennies (B) penny wise and pound foolish

Ross
pinch pennies 精打細算
Don't pinch pennies all the time. We still have to spend money when necessary.
別總是精打細算,該花錢的時候我們還是得花

penny wise and pound foolish 小處精明,大處浪費
It is just being penny wise and pound foolish to forbid private phone calls in the office. It cannot really reduce the company's expenses.
禁止在辦公室打私人電話其實不能減少多少開支;反而是因小失大。
Ben
pinch pennies 精打細算
How to pinch pennies in a struggling economy?
如何在經濟詰拮据時,精打細算?

penny wise and pound foolish 小處精明,大處浪費 
What Jeff did was penny-wise and pound-foolish, and this did him no good.
Jeff所作的是小處精明,大處浪費,那對他一點好處也沒有。
Heidi
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Kate
pinch pennies
We must pinch pennies when we are out of money
我們必須精打細算當我們用盡我們的錢時候

penny wise and pround foolish
It is just being penny wise and pround foolish to order too much food in the buffet. It is a waste behavior
當我們在自助餐點太多菜是因小失大行為.它是浪費行為

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