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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Другие пословицы:
- Children are poor men's riches
- He that has no money needs no purse
- All that glitters is not gold
- His money burns a hole in his pocket
- He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages
- Money often unmakes the men who make it
- A penny saved is a penny gained
- A good name is better than riches
- One law for the rich, and another for the poor
- Better be born lucky than rich
- Time is money
- A fool and his money are soon parted
- Success is never blamed
- Money begets money
- A penny soul never came to twopence