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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• 造個句：Let’s keep APAD and other events in 美壇 going——in for -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 06:31:46

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

• 如果貪一分，還不如貪一磅？:) -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 07:31:14

• 這不就是 “得寸進尺”嗎？：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 09:05:49

• 我是針對移花兄昨天在APAD下所說不貪一分錢的笑話而說的笑話：） -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 16:29:13

• 是“得寸進尺”的意思嗎？今天我這下雨，It never rains but it pours，literally，雨好大 -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 08:55:49

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

• 我記得“得寸進尺”就是這個英文啊。難道我學錯了 -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 09:05:21

• 喔。難道有多重含義？我查到的是這樣的： -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (284 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 09:15:18

• 是有多重含義，詞源上說欠1? 欠1?，結果是一樣都是欠，更象債多了不愁 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 10:42:09

• 破罐破摔是不是也是這個意思 -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 14:00:28

• 看來不是得寸進尺了～ -妖妖靈- ♀ (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. -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 09:26:26

• “得寸進尺”的翻譯對還是不對啊？ -妖妖靈- ♀ (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 得寸進尺 is right. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 14:26:55

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

• 得寸進尺有專門的諺語， give him 1", he'll take a mile -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 09:57:22

• 你已經理解得爐火純青了 -妖妖靈- ♀ (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

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

• 看樓上討論，好像有倆意思：1.窺斑見豹 2.有始有終~~ -moonlight7- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 10:53:19

• 有始有終, 這個貼切。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/01/2024 postreply 15:41:09

• 一分也是欠，一英鎊也是欠，反正要罰，不如多欠點：）全力以赴，不記代價？ -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