<span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">pound</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> (not comparable) (UK, idiomatic) Very likely; almost certainly. c. 1872, Holme Lee (pseudonym of Harriet Parr), “Too Prudent by Half;...
also: <span class="searchmatch">penny</span>-wise and <span class="searchmatch">pound</span>-foolish <span class="searchmatch">penny</span>-wise and <span class="searchmatch">pound</span>-foolish <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> wise, <span class="searchmatch">pound</span> foolish From the British currency (one <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> being one hundredth of <span class="searchmatch">a</span> pound...
Originally with reference <span class="searchmatch">to</span> the fact that if one owed <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">penny</span>, one might as well owe <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">pound</span> (<span class="searchmatch">pound</span> sterling, UK currency) as the penalties for non-payment...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> wise and <span class="searchmatch">pound</span> foolish <span class="searchmatch">penny</span>-wise and <span class="searchmatch">pound</span>-foolish Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> wise and <span class="searchmatch">pound</span> foolish....
<span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">pound</span> jam <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> luck <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> pence penniless <span class="searchmatch">penny</span>-<span class="searchmatch">a</span>-line <span class="searchmatch">penny</span>-<span class="searchmatch">a</span>-liner <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> ante <span class="searchmatch">penny</span>-ante <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> arcade <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> auction <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> bank <span class="searchmatch">Penny</span> Black <span class="searchmatch">penny</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">penny</span> wise, <span class="searchmatch">pound</span> foolish Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> wise and <span class="searchmatch">pound</span> foolish....
in for <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> Ellipsis of in for <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">penny</span>, in for <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">pound</span>....
1⁄240 of a <span class="searchmatch">pound</span> sterling. Symbol: d The pre-decimalisation Irish <span class="searchmatch">penny</span>, 1⁄240 of an Irish <span class="searchmatch">pound</span>. Symbol: d <span class="searchmatch">A</span> coin worth one old <span class="searchmatch">penny</span>. new <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> old money...
<span class="searchmatch">penny</span> wise and <span class="searchmatch">pound</span> foolish <span class="searchmatch">to</span> describe someone whose thrift does not extend <span class="searchmatch">to</span> larger amounts. <span class="searchmatch">penny</span> wisdom take care of the <span class="searchmatch">pennies</span> and the <span class="searchmatch">pounds</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">penny</span> (plural new pence or new <span class="searchmatch">pennies</span>) (British, Ireland, dated) Following decimalisation, the name given <span class="searchmatch">to</span> the coin worth one hundredth of <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">pound</span>;...