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• cost a pretty penny
  стоить много денег, "влететь в копеечку"

  Last year we did up all the rooms in the house and it cost us a pretty penny.
• cut (someone) off without a penny
  оставить кого-либо без копейки, лишать наследства

  Martha was determined to file for a divorce, but her husband threatened to cut her off without a penny.
• pennies from heaven
  деньги, которые вы не ожидали получить

  The bonus that I received from the company was like pennies from heaven.
• penny for one's thoughts
  О чём это вы задумались?

  "A penny for your thoughts," Jim said. "My thoughts are not worth anything because I was thinking of you," Wanda replied.
• penny saved is a penny earned
  пенни сбережённое – всё равно, что заработанное, "копейка рубль бережёт"

  "It's easier to spend money than to earn it. But you should remember 'A penny saved is a penny earned'."
• penny-wise and pound foolish
  экономный в мелочах и расточительный в крупном

  They had no penny-wise and pound-foolish policy in their company.
• pinch pennies
  быть экономным, бережливым, "считать копейки"

  Wanda pinches pennies not because she is thrifty, but because she earns very little.