"If you're going to take a risk at all, you might as well make it a big risk."
From an old British expression (thus "pound" instead of "dollar"); the original reference was probably to theft (though this is not certain), saying that being arrested ("taken in") for stealing a small amount is just as bad as for a large amount, so you may as well steal a lot and hope to get away with it.
An equivalent expression is, "As well hanged for a sheep as a lamb", where it's implied that you are stealing the animal. If the punishment for failure is the same, you may as well try for the largest possible reward.
The phrase is often misused with reference to a punishment that is out of proportion to a crime, but this is not the actual meaning.
From an old British expression (thus "pound" instead of "dollar"); the original reference was probably to theft (though this is not certain), saying that being arrested ("taken in") for stealing a small amount is just as bad as for a large amount, so you may as well steal a lot and hope to get away with it.
An equivalent expression is, "As well hanged for a sheep as a lamb", where it's implied that you are stealing the animal. If the punishment for failure is the same, you may as well try for the largest possible reward.
The phrase is often misused with reference to a punishment that is out of proportion to a crime, but this is not the actual meaning.
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Get the ten pounds all but a penny mug.(aka Abe Lincolning) The process of pretending to drop a penny on the ground, turning around, and getting on one's knees to "pick it up" in order to achieve the act of performing a blowjob on the person walking directly behind you (can be used to reference any blowjobs performed as well).
She is the best at dropping a penny, her nickname is the US Treasury
I met this chick at a party last night. She totally dropped a penny on me.
I drop pennies 24/7
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I met this chick at a party last night. She totally dropped a penny on me.
I drop pennies 24/7
You just got lincolned!
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"What's a penny made out of?" Copper"
Used to signal the presence of a cop.
"What's a penny made out of?" Copper"
Used to signal the presence of a cop.
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