may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb
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may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb — idiom
1. A saying that means if you are going to be punished for a small wrongdoing, you
1.idiom
Definition
A saying that means if you are going to be punished for a small wrongdoing, you might as well do something much bigger since the punishment will be the same anyway.
Example
Rachid thought, 'I may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb,' and ordered the most expensive dish on the menu.
Since the deadline was already missed, Mathieu figured he may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb and took two extra days to polish the report.