因小失大

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因小失大的英文翻译

基本释义

参考释义

因小失大 [yīn xiǎo shī dà]
  • - lose a great deal through trying to save a little; lose the greater for the less; lose the main goal because of small gains; lose the sheep [ship; ewe] for a ha'p'orth [halfpenny-worth] of tar; Penny-wise and pound-foolish.; suffer a big loss for a little gain; try to save a little only to lose a lot:

    We can't risk big things for the sake of small ones. 我们不能因小失大。

因小失大的用法和样例:

例句

  1. 她不肯花钱修屋顶,现在房子漏了,家具毁了一半—这是因小失大再明显不过的例子。
    She refused to spend money in repairing the roof, and now the rain has ruined half her furniture—a plain example of penny wise.

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