I think that's being penny-wise and pound-foolish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Presidents Speech By Satellite To Nea] Reference

It goes beyond being pound-foolish to sheer aggression.    From Wordnik.com.  [The invisibles] 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

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

It would be ludicrously pound-foolish to eliminate these jobs.    From Wordnik.com.  [When a Single New York State Job Delivers a Million Dollars in Benefits] 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

I think we're being penny-wise and pound-foolish when we say privatize.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2001] Reference

Pennywise and pound-foolish for the Machinists if ever there was such a deal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: Boeing Soars, Most Employees Gain] 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

The Middle Class who lack funds are forced to be money-wise, not pound-foolish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fiscal Conservatives] Reference

A penny wise, pound-foolish mayor had cost the city a chance to have an annuity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marvin Kitman: 31 Skidoo] 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

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

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

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

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

Hey Sam, you're being penny-wise and pound-foolish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

"It is being penny-wise and pound-foolish," she said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

"We have a pennywise, pound-foolish approach," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Durangoherald.com] Reference

That's a move that could turn out to be penny-wise and pound-foolish.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Penny-wise and pound-foolish to neglect the health of the breadwinner!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love's Shadow] Reference

Jim Douglas 'proposed budget cuts would be penny-wise and pound-foolish.    From Wordnik.com.  [WCAX - Local News] Reference

But they are also - or so I would suggest - penny-wise and pound-foolish.    From Wordnik.com.  [HindustanTimes.com - Top HomePage-TopStories News Headlines] Reference

It's one of many penny-wise, pound-foolish provisions in the new health care law.    From Wordnik.com.  [CEI] Reference

Neglecting to give your car a pre-winter checkup is penny-wise and pound-foolish.    From Wordnik.com.  [courierpress.com Stories] Reference

To say this pennywise and pound-foolish is to be guilty of a massive understatement.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seminal :: Independent Media And Politics] Reference

It reminded me of a previous, penny-wise, pound-foolish attitude I experienced with him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photos - DesMoinesRegister.com] Reference