pound-foolish
adjEtymology
From penny-wise and pound-foolish (“thrifty in the small and wasteful in the large”).
Definitions
Being unwise in dealing with large amounts of money.
- Accordingly, by Dr. Chen's method of calculation, the copayment experience would have to be deemed even more pound-foolish than we found it to be.
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