may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb

成語所屬單字sheep

may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb — 慣用語

1. A saying that means if you are going to be punished for a small wrongdoing, you

1.慣用語
釋義

一不做二不休(諺語:反正都要受罰,不如做件更大的事)

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.

例句

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.