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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- Nothing succeeds like success
- Time is money
- In for a penny, in for a pound
- Better be born lucky than rich
- Success is never blamed
- Speech is silver but silence is gold
- An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold
- One law for the rich, and another for the poor
- Cheek brings success
- An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle
- Children are poor men's riches
- Money is a good servant but a bad master
- A penny soul never came to twopence
- A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich
- A fool and his money are soon parted