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.
Другие пословицы:
- Better be born lucky than rich
- Money begets money
- A penny soul never came to twopence
- In for a penny, in for a pound
- Muck and money go together
- Money often unmakes the men who make it
- A good name is better than riches
- Nothing succeeds like success
- Diligence is the mother of success (good luck)
- One law for the rich, and another for the poor
- A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich
- All that glitters is not gold
- He that has no money needs no purse
- A penny saved is a penny gained
- An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle