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take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves	If you take care of little things one at a time, they can add up to big things.1750, Chesterfield, letter 5 Feb. (1932) IV. 1500:Old Mr. Lowndes, the famous Secretary of the Treasury, ?used to say?Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.1912, G. B. Shaw, Pygmalion ii. 132:Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.1979, R. Cassilis, Arrow of God, iv. xvii.:Little things, Master Mally. Look after the pennies, Master Mally, and the pounds will look after themselves.1999,	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
dictated but not read	Dictated, as to a secretary or stenographer, but not proofread by the person who dictated the text so annotated.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shoot off at the mouth	Don't let [presidential press secretary Ron] Ziegler shoot off at the mouth without our knowledge.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)