| 单词 | penny-wise |
| 例句 | Ms Devlin added the move is a "penny-wise and pound-foolish approach to workforce". Stormont budget: Hundreds of nursing student places to be cut in NI 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Let’s hope that the new Congress doesn’t succumb to this penny-wise, pound-foolish approach. Opinion | The next Congress could cause Ukraine to lose the war 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z This is a case of being penny-wise and pound-foolish. Perspective | Who’s afraid of Daniel Snyder? NFL owners, apparently. 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The good news: There’s still time for Biden to avoid this penny-wise, pound-foolish idea. Opinion | Biden might be on the verge of making a blunder with China 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z But the strategy is penny-wise, pound-foolish — not to mention cruel. Opinion | Frustrated with the IRS? Call a Republican. 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Other studies document how refusing Medicaid expansion has been not even penny-wise and just plain foolish. Obamacare has been an economic boon, but some red states still don't get the message 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Allowing near-term inflation fears to undermine longer-term investments would be penny-wise and just plain foolish. Column: There's a right way and a wrong way to think about inflation. Here's a right way 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Their still limited inclusion in modern medical care is a telling example of the penny-wise, pound-foolish structure of American medicine. We Could All Use a Health Coach 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z But that is using a false analogy to justify a penny-wise, pound-foolish strategy. Opinion | Ten years later, the Syrian revolution is not over 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z In terms of administrative costs, the work rules were not penny-wise but plain foolish. Column: Goodbye to those stupid, useless and biased Medicaid work requirements 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z “Front-line corrections staff are concerned that closing state prisons will prove to be penny-wise and pound-foolish,” they said. Connecticut plans to shut 2 prisons as population declines 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Department of Children Youth and Families Secretary Ross Hunter acknowledged the increase in hotel stays, calling them “penny-wise and pound-foolish.” Washington state report notes virus impact on child welfare 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z In other words, Biden is urging Republicans not to be penny-wise and pound-foolish. Opinion | A massive stimulus now can save money later 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z One might call these proposals penny-wise and insanely foolish, except that they’re not even penny-wise. Column: GOP's brilliant healthcare idea is to spend more on Medicaid to cover fewer people 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z This wait-and-see approach is not only cruel; it’s penny-wise and pound-foolish. Opinion | When the Threat of Eviction Meets the Threat of the Virus 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z It is past time to end the GOP’s penny-wise, pound-foolish anti-IRS crusade. Opinion | The Republican campaign to help the wealthy cheat on their taxes 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z “There is a penny-wise, pound-foolish idea of how we manage government agencies.” Crisis exposes how America has hollowed out its government 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z “I just don’t think we should be penny-wise and pound-foolish on that,” Cole said. Congressional leaders launch emergency spending talks for coronavirus response 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Failure to act would be penny-wise but pound-foolish. Opinion | A program protecting us from deadly pandemic is about to expire 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z In other words, the food stamp policy is cruel, unnecessary, and penny-wise and just plain foolish. Column: Trump finalizes a new attack on food stamp recipients 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Cutting aid to countries that don’t fully support U.S. policy is penny-wise, pound-foolish. Opinion | The Trump administration prepares a new assault on U.S. soft power 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z These pound-foolish steps don’t even qualify as penny-wise, since they can end up costing a state more for less coverage. Column: California shows all states how to protect patients from Trump's attacks on Obamacare 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z “Tesla’s rejection of the technology as a ‘fool’s errand’ due to the currently high additional expense is likely penny-wise but pound foolish, especially since Lidar prices continue to drop.” It’s Elon Musk vs. everyone else in the race for fully driverless cars 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z “It seems to me there’s an unintended consequence that people haven’t thought through, but the impact … it’s a penny-wise pound foolish calculation,” he said. New rental tax worries some shore renters, homeowners 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z “We’re not going to be penny-wise and pound-foolish here,” Stephenson said in an interview on the financial news channel. AT&T CEO says ready to invest, keep culture at Time Warner: CNBC 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z And releasing pressure on China without addressing the systemic problems caused by Beijing’s worldwide economic aggression would be a penny-wise, pound-foolish approach. Opinion | China is trying to lure Trump into a bad deal on trade 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z This is the epitome of the adage “penny-wise and pound-foolish.” Opinion | Underfunding the IRS shortchanges America 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z This argument is — at best — penny-wise and pound-foolish. Opinion | Do we really want 16 million children without parents? 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z From pretty penny to penny-wise, there are dozens of phrases in the English language in which pennies play a part. Penny pitching: Your eight uses for copper coins 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Since the commission for the buyer’s agent is typically paid by the seller, “it’s penny-wise and pound-foolish for a buyer not to use an agent,” Rubida said. Buying a home? Let a real estate agent guide you to your destination. 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z I expect we'd find that it would be a case of "penny-wise, pound-foolish." E.P.A. Officials, Disheartened by Agency’s Direction, Are Leaving in Droves 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z “Cutting this agency would be penny-wise and pound-foolish. We would lose billions to outright fraud and mismanagement and end up ruining millions of people’s financial lives.” Inside Betsy DeVos’s efforts to shrink the Education Department 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z This penny-wise, pound-foolish approach means that, with hardly any time left before the counting must commence, Mr. Ross must go to Congress begging for money to cover the inevitable cost overruns. Opinion | The Census process is off to a lousy start. Congress must save it. 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z But they say the approach is penny-wise and pound-foolish. Money, politics, and the 2020 Census 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z The Trump administration’s penny-wise, pound-foolish approach addresses the symptoms while leaving the causes in place. Opinion | The Trump administration’s shortsighted war on terrorism 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Although senators acknowledged that some change in the State Department is overdue, the budgetary approach Tillerson outlined was dismissed as penny-wise and pound-foolish, an aphorism repeated several times in both committees. Senators sharply question State Department budget cuts 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z “They talk about everything else, but the truth is that this is what keeps Americans safe, and losing funds for prevention is penny-wise and pound-foolish.” Fund to curb outbreaks and chronic disease on the chopping block 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Case in point: President Trump’s “skinny budget” includes a lot of penny-wise, pound-foolish budget-cutting ideas — and a smart expression of support for modernizing the nation’s outmoded system of air-traffic control. Opinion | A bright idea for modernization in Mr. Trump’s ‘skinny budget’ 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z “Cutting the tiny Fogarty budget is penny-wise and pound-foolish,” he added. Trump Plan Eliminates a Global Sentinel Against Disease, Experts Warn 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Several years ago, I decided to switch to a new cable and internet carrier — a penny-wise, sanity-stupid move. On eternal hold in the middle-finger economy 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Detroit can’t be penny-wise and pound-foolish to assume all those customers will simply absorb what in some cases will be thousands of dollars of new fees to remain in the city limits. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z "The city's decision to switch its water supply was penny-wise and pound-foolish," Muennig said in a university news release. Flint Water Crisis Taking High Toll on Health, Productivity 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z But not doing so is a quintessential penny-wise, pound-foolish move. Zikanomics: Is Congress on the Mosquitoes’ Side? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z To be clear, these cuts are the epitome of penny-wise, pound foolish. The IRS Impeachment Farce 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z “Trump must refrain from his penny-wise and pound-foolish approach.” In Japan and South Korea, bewilderment at Trump’s suggestion they build nukes 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z The West’s hope-for-the-best strategy may yet end up looking penny-wise, pound-foolish. Is the West’s Putin Silence Over? 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z North Dakota lawmakers clearly know what it means to be penny-wise and pound-foolish. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Only time will tell if this was penny-wise and pound-foolish. Penny-wise and pound-foolish on Maryland voting? 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The state has been penny-wise and pound-foolish and now needs to swiftly reverse course. Florida editorial roundup 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z In other conferences, often run by internal team members who are not meeting professionals, I see a penny-wise, pound-foolish approach emerge with surprising regularity. The Real Cost of a Bad Corporate Meeting or Event 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z If there ever was a case of being penny-wise and pound-foolish, we’re getting to that stage. IRS chief: Budget, staff cuts lead to service that can’t get much worse 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z This is the very definition of penny-wise, pound-foolish. Chris Christie sells out New Jersey taxpayers 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z As Greece slashed public services and cut back on wages and social benefits, Krugman observes, the government proved penny-wise and pound-foolish. Paul Krugman: The “nightmare” conditions that led Greece to elect a leftist government 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z There’s constant pressure on federal agencies to save money, sometimes in a way that’s penny-wise and pound-foolish. David Alpert: Landover is not the place for the FBI Stealing your employees’ airline miles is the mark of a penny-wise and pound-foolish organization. Nine HR Policies That Drive Good People Away 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z “It’s a penny-wise and pound-foolish proposition,” he said on the council dais, to cheers from the audience. D.C. Council votes to keep ‘yoga tax’ as part of tax-cutting budget deal "This administration, to me, is penny-wise, pound-foolish," Sessions told O'Reilly at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on April 20, 2010. $40 billion missile defense system proves unreliable 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z “It’s pretty clear that somebody somewhere was being penny-wise and pound-foolish,” said Marina Whitman, a professor at the University of Michigan and a former economist at GM. Why did GM take so long to respond to deadly defect? Corporate culture may hold answer. 2014-03-31T00:21:28Z Never be penny-wise and pound-foolish – you get what you pay for. Top 5 Reasons HR Is On The Move 2013-12-02T01:16:00Z From a fiscal standpoint, cutting government spending on higher education may be penny-wise but it is undoubtedly pound-foolish. Economix Blog: Getting More Bang for the Buck in Higher Education 2013-06-14T04:01:10Z “There may be some members who will realize that this is penny-wise and pound-foolish.” Pentagon begins notifying workers of their up to 11 furlough days 2013-05-29T21:32:00Z These shoppers might be penny-pinching, or penny-wise and pound-foolish. Should the UK ditch the penny like Canada? 2013-02-02T00:21:36Z Therefore, the absolutist position against raising revenue is essentially penny-wise and pound-foolish. Today's Economist: Bruce Bartlett: The Real Long-Term Budget Challenge 2012-12-11T11:00:19Z But penny-wise customers are not jumping on the bandwagon just yet as the iPhones are sold at a hefty premium compared to official prices. Demand for Apple's iPhone 5 lights up China's online market 2012-09-27T21:06:12Z How well she managed our house, penny-wise always. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z This classic penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior often costs more in the long run. Economix Blog: Bruce Bartlett: Beware of Budget Gimmickry 2012-04-03T10:00:55Z In cutting educational subsidies, states may be penny-wise and pound-foolish, Mr. Ehrenberg said. State Cutbacks Curb Training in Jobs Critical to Economy 2012-03-02T02:21:57Z She would go and ask old Mr. Cartwright's opinion; and old Mr. Cartwright was one of those penny-wise, purblind, unimaginative old gentlemen who will never believe in anything until they've seen it. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z When cash finally is gushing in, why run any risk of looking penny-wise? Stan Kasten says teams should spend on payroll when they open a new ballpark 2011-12-07T20:10:32Z "I think that Benjamin would probably say, Don't be penny-wise and tomfoolish." How the U.S. Postal Service Fell Apart 2011-11-17T09:00:00Z The Bodleian has to my certain knowledge already lost very rare books indeed which it might have had, but for this penny-wise and pound-foolish policy. Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z No matter how imperfect our health care system may be, shortchanging the people that actually provide the care is penny-wise and pound-foolish. Howard Dean: McKinsey Study is "True," and Employer Dumping of Health Coverage is "A Very Very Good Thing" 2011-09-29T18:24:41Z “This is inconceivable to us, and so penny-wise and pound-foolish,” said Dr. Orloff, who was speaking on behalf of the ophthalmological society. City Room: New York D.M.V. Policy Will Keep Weaker Eyes on Road 2011-09-29T13:00:24Z It is very penny-wise and pound-foolish of us not to do all in our power to render the Volunteers the serviceable body they might be. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z A penny-wise and pound-foolish Congress made a huge mistake in opposing Mr. Seward's purpose as regarded the purchase of St. Thomas. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Politics rules the cost-cutting math, and if that means institutionalizing a penny-wise, pound-foolish philosophy of fiscal management, so be it. How the GOP is budgeting for disaster 2011-05-25T12:30:00Z “A governor that rejects transportation money is penny-wise and pound-foolish,” Mr. Lautenberg said. City Room: Florida's Rejected Rail Funds Flow North 2011-05-09T19:54:20Z To Cull, who's about to start clinical trials with 12 human subjects for his Hemoaccess Valve System, DeMint's stance on his fledgling device — and on health care more broadly — is penny-wise but pound-foolish. A year later, still no cure for politics in health care 2011-03-24T01:31:04Z There are all sorts of reasons Republicans are being penny-wise and pound-foolish. How House GOP spending cuts would add up to more spending later 2011-03-15T00:44:39Z Where he would trim, they would slash, even if it means being penny-wise and pound-foolish. Class War on Janitors Raises Deficit Fever: Margaret Carlson 2011-02-24T00:08:22Z "Any push to have our salaries below market would be penny-wise and pound-foolish," Rauner said in an e-mail. New tourism CEO's high praise, pay 2011-01-05T02:31:00Z "Letting these items lapse would be a case of penny-wise, pound-foolish legislating," said Iowa Sen Chuck Grassley, a bulldog supporter of the biofuels. Senate tax bill extends ethanol credit, tariff 2010-12-10T15:44:00Z Reducing preventive services when more families are in need, Ms. Gendell said, “is penny-wise and pound-foolish.” Mayor?s Budget Would Cut Help to Families in Trouble 2010-06-09T02:00:00Z "It would be penny-wise and pound-foolish to try to deal with our long-run problem by tightening fiscal policy immediately or foregoing additional emergency spending to reduce unemployment," she said. White House aide Romer-more needed to aid recovery 2010-05-03T17:02:00Z It would be penny-wise but pound-foolish to try to deal with our long-run problem by tightening fiscal policy immediately or foregoing additional emergency spending to reduce unemployment, she said. High unemployment not the "new normal": Romer 2010-04-17T16:19:00Z The public appropriation is so limited by penny-wise legislation in a number of states as to discourage all action, and kill all interest in the matter. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses "It's the same penny-wise and pound-foolish method by which the Indian service is run," responded Lawson. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop Such spots form a sort of museum, only Nature does these things with a royal hand, and not in a penny-wise, showman fashion. The Pearl of India Shall we be penny-wise and lose this chance for the luxury of "free and full discussion of a controversial matter at a time when men's minds are not full of the country's danger"? Another Sheaf When we insist that everyone should have home-baked bread, at once we shall be met with the "penny-wise" suggestion that home-baked bread costs more than baker's, because, being so nice, people eat more of it. Nelson's Home Comforts Thirteenth Edition Where public education has been so neglected as to render possible such a niggardly, penny-wise and pound-foolish policy, there is manifestly signal need of every means of enlightenment. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Bobus Smith the other night proposed a caricature of a private conference between Hume and Vansittart as a dialogue of penny-wise and pound-foolish. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents A Page 178 really great administrator is not penny-wise; he thinks far ahead, around and into a problem. Human Traits and their Social Significance A large sum is exacted for remissness during the Ramazān, and it is said that the dread of loss operates powerfully upon a class of men who are particularly penny-wise. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Be not penny-wise; riches have wings, and sometimes they fly away of themselves, sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I A world-trade, even of modest dimensions, can only be carried on upon the basis of high technical accomplishment, but this height of accomplishment cannot be attained on the basis of any penny-wise economy. The New Society And every conflagration also uncovers the fact that there are many penny-wise citizens who purchase this class of indemnity. White Ashes In short, an unhygienic life, for the sake of economy, is “penny-wise and pound-foolish.” How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science But it is wonderful what people, penny-wise and pound foolish, will sometimes do to save 2d. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886. Not a little, too, of Sir George's economy was of "the penny-wise and pound-foolish" kind. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. In the heterogeneous structure of the British colonies, their clashing interests, their internal disputes, and the misplaced economy of penny-wise and short-sighted assembly-men, lay the hope of France. Montcalm and Wolfe He is the penny-wise and pound-foolish individual, and his methods are "near enough." Grain and Chaff from an English Manor The Ancient Company was penny-wise, but in spite of the copybook line, not pound-foolish, as its dividend paysheets conclusively prove. The New North Throughout this whole African chapter, the darling economy of the Administration was a penny-wise policy which resulted in the usual failure. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Be not penny-wise; riches have wings, and sometimes they fly away of themselves, sometimes they must be set flying, to bring in more. The Essays of Francis Bacon The unexpected arrival in his midst of an armed smack, followed by a spell of vigorous pressing, taught him that to be penny-wise is sometimes to be pound-foolish. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore The Federalists deplored his penny-wise economy, especially when fifteen ships, which had cost the Government nearly a million dollars, were sold for one-fourth that amount. The United States of America, Part 1 He was penny-wise and pound-foolish, so he cut out the wireless to save a miserable hundred and forty dollars a month. Cappy Ricks Retires The commander of the distressed vessel had been penny-wise. Christie Johnstone It was an avarice which thwarted itself, a penny-wise and pound- foolish cupidity. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Then, again, the narrowness, the partiality, the sickliness, and the squeamishness of our consciences,—all that makes us to be too often penny-wise and pound-foolish in our religious life. Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) This is the man that is penny-wise, and pound- foolish; this is he that loseth his good Sheep for a halfpennyworth of tarr; that loseth a soul for a little of the world. Life and Death of Mr. Badman A Local Board came into existence, and with much hesitation and penny-wise economy inaugurated drainage works. The New Machiavelli |
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