penny
A penny for your thoughts!
1. 告訴我你在想什麼!
Hi! Tom. A penny for your thoughts!
喂! 湯姆,你在想什麼?
a pretty/fine penny
1. 一大筆錢
It costs a pretty penny to keep a car nowadays because of the high price of petrol.
由於汽油價格高,現在擁有一輛汽車要耗費一大筆錢。
in for a penny, in for a pound
1. 一不做,二不休
not have a penny to one's name
1. 身無分文
At the moment he doesn't have a penny to his name.
他現在身無分文。
pennies from heaven
1. 意外之財;不費力而得的東西
What we need now is pennies from heaven.
我們現在需要的是意外之財。
penny wise and pound foolish
1. 小處精明,大處浪費
Forbidding private phone calls in the office cannot really reduce the company's expenses; it's just being penny wise and pound foolish.
禁止在辦公室打私人電話其實不能減少多少開支;反而是因小失大。
pinch pennies
1. 精打細算
We'll have to spend money when necessary. Don't try to pinch pennies all the time.
該花錢時我們還是得花。別總是精打細算。
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