English–Dutch dictionary
Dutch translation of the English word penny wise and pound foolish
| English | Dutch (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (silly) | ; | |
🔗 He felt a little foolish about wanting to reassure himself that Tam was still there, but it was that kind of day. | ||
| (meaningless; nonsensical; senseless; silly) | zinledig ; | |
🔗 There they may ask one another foolish questions. | ||
| (stiver) | ; | |
🔗 The pound has particularly struggled, however, and the euro rose to as high as 87.71 pence on Friday, its highest level since February 2021. | ||
| (cent) | ||
🔗 Russia’s currency plunged by about 25% Monday, and one rouble is now worth less than a penny. | ||
🔗 Through his various campaigns, he destroyed 15 tons of books, 284,000 pounds of plates for printing “objectionable” books, and nearly 4,000,000 pictures. | ||
| (crush; pulverize) | ; | pisti |
🔗 The pound’s black market rate has slid to about 57 to the dollar from 39 before the Gaza crisis broke out on October 7. | ||
| (thrash; whack; smite; lambaste; bash) | ||
🔗 Liane strode to the door and pounded it with his fist. | ||
| (sagacious; sage) | ; | |
| (prudent; reasonable; sensible; far‐sighted; judicious; sound) | ||
🔗 Would it be wiser to wait? | ||
| English | Dutch |
|---|---|
| penny wise and pound foolish | ⇆ zuinig op de verkeerde manier |
| foolish | ⇆ daas; ⇆ dwaas; ⇆ gek; ⇆ idioot; ⇆ mal; ⇆ onwijs; ⇆ stom; ⇆ zot |
| penny | ⇆ cent; ⇆ penning; ⇆ penny; ⇆ stuiver |
| pound | ⇆ aanstampen; ⇆ beuken; ⇆ bonken; ⇆ depot; ⇆ dierenasiel; ⇆ dreun; ⇆ fijnstampen; ⇆ harde klap; ⇆ pond; ⇆ schieten; ⇆ schuthok; ⇆ schutstal; ⇆ schutten; ⇆ slaan; ⇆ stampen; ⇆ stomp; ⇆ stoten; ⇆ timmeren op; ⇆ vergruizen |
| wise | ⇆ verstandig; ⇆ vroed; ⇆ wijs; ⇆ wijze |