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单词 惜指失掌
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惜指失掌xī zhǐ shī zhǎng

stint a finger and lose the whole hand-try to save a little only to lose a lot;spoil the ship for a ha’p’orth of tar
❍ 你总不会傻到~的程度吧? You won’t be so silly as to stint a finger only to lose the whole hand?

惜指失掌xī zhǐ shī zhǎnɡ

惜:吝惜,舍不得;掌:手掌,指手。形容因不肯失掉一个指头而把一只手失掉了。比喻因小失大,得不偿失。try to save a little only to lose a lot, spoil the ship for a ha’p’orth of tar, be penny-wise and pound-foolish

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