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May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.... >>

Other Proverbs

Give orders and do no more, and nothing will come of it.... (Spanish) >>

The interested friend is a swallow on the roof. (Prepared to... (French) >>

The scalded cat dreads cold water.... (Spanish) >>

Let them whip me in the market-place, provided it be not kno... (Spanish) >>

The ass knows well in whose face be brays.... (Spanish) >>

They are not all saints who use holy waters

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