Dictionary of English idioms . He Heba Abdelraheim Alkady . 2014.
hanged for a sheep as a lamb — This is an expression meaning that if you are going to get into trouble for doing something, then you ought to stop worrying and should try to get everything you can before you get caught … The small dictionary of idiomes
one might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb — The proverb alludes to the former penalty for sheep stealing. The idea is present in: 1662 N. ROGERS Rich Fool 253 As some desperate Wretches, Who dispairing of life still act the more villainy, giving this desperate Reason of it, As good be… … Proverbs new dictionary
I might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. — I might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as a lamb. something that you say when you are going to be punished for something so you decide to do something worse because your punishment will not be any more severe. I m going to be late for work… … New idioms dictionary
hanged for a sheep as a lamb — This is an expression meaning that if you are going to get into trouble for doing something, then you ought to stop worrying and should try to get everything you can before you get caught. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
I might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb. — I might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as a lamb. something that you say when you are going to be punished for something so you decide to do something worse because your punishment will not be any more severe. I m going to be late for work… … New idioms dictionary
(you) may as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb — (you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a ˌsheep as (for) a ˈlamb idiom (saying) if you are going to be punished for doing sth wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing Main entry: ↑wellidiom … Useful english dictionary
(you) might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb — (you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a ˌsheep as (for) a ˈlamb idiom (saying) if you are going to be punished for doing sth wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing Main entry: ↑wellidiom … Useful english dictionary
lamb — see the bleating of the kid excites the tiger God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb one might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb … Proverbs new dictionary
sheep — see better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep a bleating sheep loses a bite one might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb … Proverbs new dictionary
(you) may as well be hung for a sheep as (for) a lamb — (you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a ˌsheep as (for) a ˈlamb idiom (saying) if you are going to be punished for doing sth wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing Main entry: ↑wellidiom … Useful english dictionary
