"one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb" meaning in 英語

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Phrase

  1. (直訳:縛り首になるなら、子羊を盗むのも成羊を盗むのも同じことだ(であれば、成羊を盗んだ方が得である))毒を食らわば皿まで。
    Sense id: ja-one_may_as_well_hang_for_a_sheep_as_a_lamb-en-phrase-BAYhe4Rp
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