one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb
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- Numerous variants, generally following this pattern: one may/might as well hang/be hanged/be hung for a sheep as [for] a lamb.
Etymology edit
Referring to hanging as a former means of execution for one who had stolen an animal.
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Proverb edit
one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb
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