American Idioms and Expressions

Look After The Pennies And The Pounds Will Look After Themselves Idiom

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Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
What does Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves mean?
(UK) If you look after the pennies, the pounds will look after themselves, meaning that if someone takes care not to waste small amounts of money, they will accumulate capital. ('Look after the pence and the pounds will look after themselves' is an alternative form of this idiom.)

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What does "eat (someone) out of house and home" mean?
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What does "for fear of (something)" mean?
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What does "blue-ribbon" mean?
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What does "Run around the bush" mean?
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What does "Easy does it!" mean?
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What does "Hit and miss" mean?
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What does "absent-minded" mean?
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What does "AFK" mean?
away from keyboard
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What does "have an edge on/over (someone or something)" mean?
have an advantage over someone or somethingOur team has an edge over the other teams to win the high school football championship.

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