May as well be hanged for a sheep as for a goat.

Posted by Smokey Stover on September 23, 2003

Perhaps this is better known, or appears in the thesaurus, in some other form. I'm not sure what it means precisely. In olden times sheep were considered more valuable than goats. But I don't see how that matters.

• May as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb. GPP 23/September/03
  • May as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb. Smokey Stover 23/September/03
    • Sheep and lamb R. Berg 23/September/03