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:
- All that glitters is not gold
- Nothing succeeds like success
- Success is never blamed
- A fool and his money are soon parted
- A good name is better than riches
- Time is money
- He that has no money needs no purse
- Money often unmakes the men who make it
- One law for the rich, and another for the poor
- Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain
- A penny saved is a penny gained
- He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages
- An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle
- An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold
- A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich