PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Caprice	Adjective: capricious; erratic, eccentric, fitful, hysterical; full of whims; Noun: maggoty; inconsistent, fanciful, fantastic, whimsical, crotchety, kinky, particular, humorsome, freakish, skittish, wanton, wayward; contrary; captious; arbitrary; unconformable; penny wise and pound foolish; fickle; (irresolute); frivolous, sleeveless, giddy, volatile.
Prodigality	Penny wise and pound foolish.
Unskillfulness	Unadvised; ill-advised, misadvised; ill-devised, ill-imagined, ill-judged, ill-contrived, ill-conducted; unguided, misguided; misconducted, foolish, wild; infelicitous; penny wise and pound foolish; (inconsistent).
Waste	Wasteful; (prodigal); penny wise and pound foolish.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Language		Translations for "PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Japanese Kanji		爪で拾って箕で零す . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		つめでひろってみで�"ぼす. (various references)

Pig Latin		ennypay iseway anday oundpay oolishfay

Romanian		scump la tãrâţe ş ieftin la fãinã. (various references)

Turkish		ufak şeylerde hasis büyük şeylerde müsrif. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Synonyms within Context: PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH