l\'economia non si fa rovinando in piccole cose
English translation: ruining a hotel by economising on the small details...
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| Italian to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / In A Memo About The Construction Of A Famous Hotel | |||||||
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| l\\\'economia non si fa rovinando in piccole cose Savings aren't achieved by ruining small things Explanation: Savings aren't achieved by ruining small things in a building, but rather with a different mindset |
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| l\\\'economia non si fa rovinando in piccole cose ruining a hotel by economising on the small details... Explanation: Ruining a hotel by economising on the small details will not save you any money in the long run. This is how I'd put it. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 38 mins (2017-01-17 16:58:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or more idiomatic : Cutting corners when building a hotel is not the way to save money |
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peer agreement (net): +2Skimping on the details is a false economy Explanation: As in the following examples: Resist the temptation to skimp on straw in an effort to save costs or risk ... www.cornwalllive.com/scrimping-saving...detail/story.html Traduci questa pagina 25 ago 2010 - Resist the temptation to skimp on straw in an effort to save costs or risk an increase in ... Scrimping and saving on straw is a false economy. Corbynomics: Murphy's law unto himself | The Economist www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2015/.../corbynomics Traduci questa pagina 24 set 2015 - Review our cookies policy for details or change your cookies .... are extremely low at the moment; skimping on infrastructure is a false economy. A Letter from Ben Bradshaw: It is time the Government listened and ... www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/letter...detail/story.html Traduci questa pagina 06 mar 2014 - But, as we should know by now, skimping on flood defences is a false economy. For every £1 you invest you save £8 in the long run. |
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