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don't spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
释义
don't spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
proverb
don't risk the failure of a large project by trying to economize on trivial things
〈谚〉不要因小失大; 不要捡了芝麻丢了西瓜。
[ORIGIN: referring to the use of tar to keep flies off sores on sheep (from dialect pronunciation of
sheep as ship
).]
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halfpennyworth
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