I think that's being penny-wise and pound-foolish. From Wordnik.com. [Presidents Speech By Satellite To Nea] Reference
Buffett's not the only penny-wise homeowner on the list. From Wordnik.com. [Homes Of The Billionaires 2006] Reference
It's a party that seems to be penny-wise and pound-foolish. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Jake Siewart And Pj Crowley] Reference
Describing this approach as "penny-wise and pound foolish". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Besides, that's a classic case of penny-wise, pound-foolish. From Wordnik.com. [The Bear and the Dragon]
The banks were being penny-wise and pound-foolish, I argued. From Wordnik.com. [Jennifer Openshaw: Don't Let the Student Loan Crisis Kill Families] Reference
I'm not the only penny-wise, pound-foolish cheapskate out there. From Wordnik.com. [I Thought I Was Cheap Until I Read These ...] Reference
“Sometimes, we were penny-wise and pound-foolish,” she recalled. From Wordnik.com. [Hadassah in the United States.] Reference
El – Muwaylah, a penny-wise proceeding which delayed our departure. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
I think we're being penny-wise and pound-foolish when we say privatize. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2001] Reference
It does not make any sense, and it's being penny-wise and poundfoolish. From Wordnik.com. [Presidents Remarks At Town Hall In Cranston Rhode Island] Reference
I like the idea, but I can't escape the "penny-wise pound foolish" feeling. From Wordnik.com. [Wal-Mart Reusable Shopping Bag] Reference
Administration was a penny-wise policy which resulted in the usual failure. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860] Reference
The English call the approach that is being taken penny-wise and pound-foolish. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics of Hope and Opportunity] Reference
It would be so penny-wise, pound-foolish it would be ridiculous, said the banker. From Wordnik.com. [White House Calling The Shots On GM IPO: Reuters] Reference
The people calling for a gas tax holiday are being penny-wise and dollar-foolish. From Wordnik.com. [Oregon voters down on gas tax holiday] Reference
In short, the expression "penny-wise, pound foolish" was invented for your Flavia. From Wordnik.com. [Ferule & Fescue] Reference
And excluding a portion of society for any reason is penny-wise and pound-foolish. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Weigant: Germs Don't Care If You Are Legal Or Not] Reference
In fact, cutting funds for animal care and control is penny-wise and pound-foolish. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Markarian: A Double Whammy for Animal Shelters] Reference
Alas, Sounds like a penny-wise and pound-foolish decision to miss history unfolding. From Wordnik.com. [Greetings From The Scene Of Hillary's Party Tonight] Reference
This really is the epitome of penny-wise and pound-foolish, but I knew it was coming. From Wordnik.com. [Street parking in downtown Portland hits $1.60 an hour (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
So I think it's extremely penny-wise and pound-foolish to try to exclude these people. From Wordnik.com. [The Business of America] Reference
But seriously, the parking meter chasing people away theory is penny-wise pound-foolish. From Wordnik.com. [Liquidation World | International Metropolis] Reference
A case of penny-wise, pound-foolish, typical of America's lack of historical perspective. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Barack Obama's War: 10 Key Things To Know] Reference
Not a little, too, of Sir George's economy was of "the penny-wise and pound-foolish" kind. From Wordnik.com. [Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. (of 2)] Reference
But it is wonderful what people, penny-wise and pound foolish, will sometimes do to save 2d. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886.] Reference
With regard to bad economics, a restrictive formulary policy is penny-wise and pound-foolish. From Wordnik.com. [Strengthening Canada's Economy Within the Globl Healthcare Environment: The Need For Vision] Reference
Of course leaving the status quo in place instead would again be penny-wise and pound-foolish. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Fiscal Crunches Are Resolved When There’s No Alternative] Reference
A really great administrator is not penny-wise; he thinks far ahead, around and into a problem. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
From 2002-2008, Republicans played a penny-wise and pound-foolish strategy devised by Karl Rove. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Krauthammer will not be joining the "motley crew" of "wet-fingered conservatives" who are flipping to Obama.] Reference
Let's help turn penny-wise into dollar-foolish for the AvWeek 'brain trust' (and I use that term sarcastically). From Wordnik.com. [Sad Day for Aviation Week Readers - NASA Watch] Reference
This is a penny-wise dollar-foolish decision made by a group of people who would rather put more cops in schools than teachers. From Wordnik.com. [Joe The Nerd Ferraro: What Is Transitional First and Why Do We Need It?] Reference
That's a penny-wise and pound-foolish approach: The small short-term savings will probably be dwarfed by the deep long-term costs. From Wordnik.com. [The best and the worst of the fiscal commission's final report] Reference
Be not penny-wise; riches have wings, and sometimes they fly away of themselves; sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts] Reference
All of those are penny-wise/pound-foolish games that not only delay services but treat citizens unjustly, with a classic double standard. From Wordnik.com. [A Time Traveler's Guide to the 2009 New Mexico Legislature] Reference
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