やけあとのくぎひろい

Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of やけあとのくぎひろい – see the following entry.
【焼け跡の釘拾い】
[idiom] to try to save a little only to lose a lot; to spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar; to be penny wise and pound foolish
(This term, やけあとのくぎひろい, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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