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 In for a Penny in for a Pound.In Forma Pau’peris. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
In for It.
 
About “to catch it;” on the point of being in trouble.   1
        “You are in for it, I can tell you. I would not stand in your shoes for something.”
 


 In for a Penny in for a Pound.In Forma Pau’peris. 

 
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