See in for a penny, in for a pound in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "perdut per perdut, la manta al coll"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "perdut per perdut, m'agafo allà on puc"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "yī bù zuò, èr bù xiū",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "一不做，二不休"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "když už, tak už"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "wie a zegt, moet ook b zeggen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "kiu sin enjungis, devas tiri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "asiat pitää viedä loppuun asti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "joka leikkiin ryhtyy, se leikin kestäköön"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "quand le vin est tiré, il faut le boire"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "le premier pas engage au second"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "qui dit A, doit dire B"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "foutu pour foutu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "perdu pour perdu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "wer A sagt, muss auch B sagen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "wenn schon, denn schon"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "कोशिश से बाज न आना (kośiś se bāj na ānā, literally “never stop at trying”)",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "aki á-t mond, mondjon b-t is"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "ó loisc mé an choinneal loiscfidh mé an t-orlach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "chi ha fatto trenta può fare anche trentuno"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "毒を食らわば皿まで (どくをくらわばさらまで, doku wo kurawaba sara made, literally “if you have eaten the poison, [lick] even the plate”)",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "áko e bal, néka bíde máskenbal",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "а́ко е бал, не́ка би́де ма́скенбал"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "har man sagt A, må man også si B"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "jak się powiedziało A, to trzeba powiedzieć B"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "perdido por cem, perdido por mil"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "perdido por um, perdido por mil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "взя́лся за гуж — не говори́, что не дюж (vzjálsja za guž — ne govorí, što ne djuž)",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "de perdidos al río"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "har man tagit fan i båten får man ro honom i land"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "har man sagt A får man säga B"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "đâm lao thì phải theo lao"
}
],
"word": "in for a penny, in for a pound"
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