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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- Money has no smell
- One law for the rich, and another for the poor
- All that glitters is not gold
- Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain
- Success is never blamed
- Money often unmakes the men who make it
- A good name is better than riches
- His money burns a hole in his pocket
- Speech is silver but silence is gold
- Money is a good servant but a bad master
- Diligence is the mother of success (good luck)
- Money begets money
- In for a penny, in for a pound
- Nothing succeeds like success
- An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold