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.)