APAD:in for a penny, in for a pound

in for a penny, in for a pound

Etymology

Originally with reference to the fact that if one owed a penny, one might as well owe a pound (pound sterling, UK currency) as the penalties for non-payment were virtually identical in severity.

Proverb

in for a penny, in for a pound

Having started something, one must see it through to its end, rather than stopping short; one must “go the whole hog”.

• 1964, Sanki Ichikawa, The Kenkyusha Dictionary of Current English Idioms, page 509:

  …in for a penny, in for a pound: if one undertakes something, it must be carried through at whatever cost.

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• 造个句：Let’s keep APAD and other events in 美坛 going——in for -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 06:31:46

• a penny, in for a pound. haha -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (167 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 06:32:35

• 如果贪一分，还不如贪一磅？:) -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 07:31:14

• 这不就是 “得寸进尺”吗？：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 09:05:49

• 我是针对移花兄昨天在APAD下所说不贪一分钱的笑话而说的笑话：） -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 16:29:13

• 是“得寸进尺”的意思吗？今天我这下雨，It never rains but it pours，literally，雨好大 -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 08:55:49

• 更像是坚持到底的意思吧 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 08:58:05

• 我记得“得寸进尺”就是这个英文啊。难道我学错了 -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 09:05:21

• 喔。难道有多重含义？我查到的是这样的： -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (284 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 09:15:18

• 是有多重含义，词源上说欠1? 欠1?，结果是一样都是欠，更象债多了不愁 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 10:42:09

• 破罐破摔是不是也是这个意思 -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 14:00:28

• 看来不是得寸进尺了～ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 13:59:53

• Same thing; just different setup, intention, or perspective. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 09:17:06

• Got you. Thanks. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 09:26:26

• “得寸进尺”的翻译对还是不对啊？ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 14:01:21

• I stay away from translation most of the time :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 14:14:21

• and don't think 得寸进尺 is right. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 14:26:55

• I‘m convinced：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 14:47:23

• 得寸进尺有专门的谚语， give him 1", he'll take a mile -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 09:57:22

• 你已经理解得炉火纯青了 -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 14:08:50

• One might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 08:58:31

• Severity is the same -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 09:58:43

• 防微杜渐 -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 10:01:17

• 看楼上讨论，好像有俩意思：1.窥斑见豹 2.有始有终~~ -moonlight7- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 10:53:19

• 有始有终, 这个贴切。 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 15:41:09

• 一分也是欠，一英镑也是欠，反正要罚，不如多欠点：）全力以赴，不记代价？ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 20:26:49

• 一不做二不休？ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 20:27:48