spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar

to spoil something big or important by refusing to spend a small amount of money or make a small amount of effort They spent millions on a wonderful architect-designed building, but they've bought really cheap furniture. It's just spoiling the ship for a hap'orth of tar.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ritva	REET-vah	Finnish
Julijana	-	Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Artemios	-	Ancient Greek
Faiz	-	Arabic
Bogdan	BAWG-dahn (Polish), BOG-dahn (Serbian, Croatian), bog-DAHN (Romanian)	Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
Colombe	-	French