Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. In for a Penny in for a Pound.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


In for a Penny in for a Pound.

I may as well “be hung for a sheep as a lamb.” If the punishment is the same, then it is worth the risk to commit the offence which brings the greatest profit.	1

In Flagrante Delicto.

In for It.

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