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:
- A penny saved is a penny gained
- Children are poor men's riches
- He that has no money needs no purse
- One law for the rich, and another for the poor
- No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold
- Money is a good servant but a bad master
- A fool and his money are soon parted
- Money often unmakes the men who make it
- Money begets money
- All that glitters is not gold
- Muck and money go together
- A penny soul never came to twopence
- Success is never blamed
- His money burns a hole in his pocket
- Speech is silver but silence is gold