"pound-foolish" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "From penny-wise and pound-foolish (“thrifty in the small and wasteful in the large”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more pound-foolish",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most pound-foolish",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "pound-foolish (comparative more pound-foolish, superlative most pound-foolish)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Manx translations",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1976, MI Roemer with CE Hopkins, “Response to MK Chen”, in Medical Care:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Being unwise in dealing with large amounts of money."
      ],
      "id": "en-pound-foolish-en-adj-xR885Ju~",
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "being unwise in dealing with large amounts of money",
          "word": "punt ommidjagh"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pound-foolish"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From penny-wise and pound-foolish (“thrifty in the small and wasteful in the large”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more pound-foolish",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most pound-foolish",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pound-foolish (comparative more pound-foolish, superlative most pound-foolish)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Manx translations"
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        {
          "ref": "1976, MI Roemer with CE Hopkins, “Response to MK Chen”, in Medical Care:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Being unwise in dealing with large amounts of money."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "being unwise in dealing with large amounts of money",
      "word": "punt ommidjagh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pound-foolish"
}