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idiomlook after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves BrEBrE(also take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves)old-fashioned used in order to say that if you are careful to save small amounts of money, you will finally have a large amount:My grandmother was brought up during the war when food was scarce, and she always used to say, "Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves."
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