in for a penny, in for a pound - Wiktionary

509: …in for a penny, in for a pound: if one undertakes something, it must be carried through at whatever cost. 2001, B. J. James, A Lady for Lincoln Cade, p. inforapenny,inforapound DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionary Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Contents 1English 1.1Etymology 1.2Pronunciation 1.3Idiom 1.3.1Synonyms 1.3.2Translations 1.4Seealso English[edit] Etymology[edit] Originallywithreferencetothefactthatifoneowedapenny,onemightaswelloweapound(poundsterling,UKcurrency)asthepenaltiesfornon-paymentwerevirtuallyidenticalinseverity. Pronunciation[edit] (ReceivedPronunciation)IPA(key):/ɪnfəɹəˈpɛ.niɪnfəɹəpaʊnd/ (US)IPA(key):/ɪnfɔɹəˈpɛ.niɪnfɔɹəpaʊnd/ Audio(AU)(file) Idiom[edit] inforapenny,inforapound Havingstartedsomething,onemustseeitthroughtoitsend,ratherthanstoppingshort;onemust“gothewholehog”. 1964,J.F.Holleman,ExperimentinSwaziland:reportoftheSwazilandsamplesurvey,1960,p.9: Underthecircumstancesitseemedtobeacaseof‘inforapenny,inforapound’.IftheInstitute’steamwerestillpreparedtoacceptthechallenge,theAdministrationwaswillingtodolikewise… 1964,SankiIchikawa,TheKenkyushaDictionaryofCurrentEnglishIdioms,p.509: …inforapenny,inforapound:ifoneundertakessomething,itmustbecarriedthroughatwhatevercost. 2001,B.J.James,ALadyforLincolnCade,p.159: Turningbeforethemirror,shestudiedthegownshe’dspentmuchofhersavingsoninBelleTerre.“Okay,butnotgreat.Inforapenny,inforapound.SoonIhavetogetajob.” 2002,KathrynWall,InforaPenny:ABayTannerMystery,p.123: IrummagedinmybagforMissAddie’skeys,turnedoffthecar,andmarchedpurposefullytowardthebuilding. “‘Inforapenny,inforapound’”,ImumbledundermybreathasIpushedopenthedoorandheadedfortheelevator. 2004,M.MihkelMathiesen,GlobalWarminginaPoliticallyCorrectClimate:HowTruthBecameControversial,p.133: Itappearstobeasituationwherethegreenhouseproponentsareinforapenny,inforapound.Aslongasthemythneedstobekeptalive,thisistheinescapableconclusion. Synonyms[edit] inforadime,inforadollar inforaninch,inforamile Translations[edit] Expressingrecognitionthatonemust,havingstartedsomething,seeitthroughtoitsend,ratherthanstoppingshortthereof Catalan:perdutperperdut,lamantaalcoll,perdutperperdut,m'agafoallàonpuc Chinese:一不做，二不休 (zh)(yībùzuò,èrbùxiū) Dutch:wieazegt,moetookbzeggen Finnish:asiatpitääviedäloppuunasti French:quandlevinesttiré,ilfautleboire (fr),lepremierpasengageausecond,quiditA,doitdireB German:werAsagt,mussauchBsagen (de);wennschon,dennschon (de) Hungarian:akiá-tmond,mondjonb-tis Irish:óloiscméanchoinnealloiscfidhméant-orlach Japanese:毒を食らわば皿まで (ja)(どくをくらわばさらまで,dokuwokurawabasaramade) Norwegian: Bokmål:harmansagtA,måmanogsåsiB Portuguese:perdidoporcem,perdidopormil,perdidoporum,perdidopormil Russian:взя́лсязагуж—неговори́,чтонедюж(vzjálsjazaguž—negovorí,štonedjuž) Spanish:deperdidosalrío Seealso[edit] onemayaswellhangforasheepasalamb throwgoodmoneyafterbad potcommitted Retrievedfrom"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=in_for_a_penny,_in_for_a_pound&oldid=69054808" Categories:EnglishtermswithIPApronunciationEnglishtermswithaudiolinksEnglishlemmasEnglishproverbsEnglishmultiwordtermsEnglishcoordinatedpairsEnglishellipsesEnglishidiomsHiddencategories:RussianredlinksRussianredlinks/t Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces EntryDiscussion English Views ReadEditHistory More Search Navigation MainPageCommunityportalPreferencesRequestedentriesRecentchangesRandomentryHelpGlossaryDonationsContactus Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispage Print/export CreateabookDownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherlanguages Čeština한국어KurdîMagyar