| 词汇 | might as well be hung hanged for a sheep as a lamb |
| 词源 | might as well be hung (hanged) for a sheep as a lamb. In former times thieves were sentenced to death when caught stealing either a sheep or a lamb, which led to this originally British expression that dates back to at least the early 19th cen- tury and means if the punishment is the same for either action one might as well commit the worse (and more profitable) one. |
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