单词 | 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.Please remember not to spoil the ship for a halfpennyworth of tar....
Referring to the use of tar to keep flies off sores on sheep (from dialect pronunciation of sheep as ship) See parent entry: halfpennyworth |
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