English
Alternative forms
- Numerous variants, generally following this pattern: one may/might as well hang/be hanged/be hung for a sheep as [for] a lamb.
Proverb
one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb
- If one is going to commit a sin, it may as well be a major one as a minor one.
Translations
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- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 一不做二不休 (zh)
- Japanese: 毒を喰らわば皿まで (dokuwokurawabasaramade)
- Russian: семь бед — оди́н отве́т (ru) (semʹ bed — odín otvét)
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