belt-tightening vs penny-wise

belt-tightening

adj
  • Causing or involving a reduction in expenditure. 

noun
  • A reduction in expenditure, often as a result of financial restrictions. 

penny-wise

adj
  • Thrifty in regards to small amounts of money. 

How often have the words belt-tightening and penny-wise occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )