économies de bouts de chandelle

Le Parlement ou bien le Conseil, qui nous contraint à opérer ces choix par son avarice et ses économies de bouts de chandelle ?
We in Parliament, or the Council, which forces us into making these choices through its penny-pinching miserliness?
Il faut craindre qu'à force de vouloir réaliser des économies de bouts de chandelle, le Conseil ne prenne une très mauvaise décision.
It is to be feared that the Council's attitude is penny wise, pound foolish.
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