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Ink in the Pink 

Barry finally got the forearm anchor he wanted Saturday. When he returned home his mom asked him if he got any "ink in the pink." He shamefully said no...
Ink in the Pink by von groovy June 28, 2019

you write your life in indelible ink 

(phrase apocryphally attributed to Gandhi) , meaning 'you can't go back in time and correct the mistakes you have made; if you have made a mistake in the past you have no choice but live with the consequences and move forward.
son: I didn't get the grades in math, chemistry and physics that i wanted. Now the MIT won't accept me. Is there anything I can do?

father: no. there is nothing you can do. All you can do however, is learn by heart, and apply to your future, Gandhi's famous phrase 'you write you write your life in indelible ink'. What you can do is go study history or some other social science discipline at Columbia University

dipping your pen in company ink 

1. Having sexual relations with a co-worker.

2. Embezzling from one's employer.
"Dude, dipping your pen in company ink is a good way to get something you don't want."

In the ink

An expression tattoo artists use to suggest that once a project has started there is no real going back.

Can be used to suggest there is no turning back once you pass a certain point.
I am in the ink on this project and have no choice but to see it through and deal with the consequences.
In the ink by Aimalah March 27, 2013

don't dip your pen in the company ink 

A man is advised against messing around with any woman in his workplace as doing so can have very negative consequences that affects many aspects of his life.
Employee1: I can't believe our boss slept with her. He was demoted once everyone found out about it.

Employee2: The moral of the story is: "Don't dip your pen in the company ink, it causes nothing but trouble".

dip your pen in the company ink

I don't think hooking up with a co-worker is the best idea, but I can't stop thinking about getting in that ho from accounting.
He didn't want to lay his dough where he made his bread, but sometimes ya just gotta dip your pen in the company ink.