Penny-wise and pound-foolish
Умен на пенни, а глуп на фунт. (Т. е. рискует большим ради малого).
Шампанское мы пьем, а на спичках экономим. Не жалей алтына, а то отдашь полтину.
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- Success is never blamed
- Better be born lucky than rich
- Nothing succeeds like success
- In for a penny, in for a pound
- Muck and money go together
- All that glitters is not gold
- Cheek brings success
- Money often unmakes the men who make it
- No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold
- He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages
- Money has no smell
- A fool and his money are soon parted
- Money is a good servant but a bad master
- Speech is silver but silence is gold
- A penny soul never came to twopence