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I might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as a lamb.

something that you say when you are going to be punished for something so you decide to do something worse because your punishment will not be any more severe. I'm going to be late for work anyway, so I think I'll go to the shop for a paper. I might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

See also: hung, lamb, sheep, well

(with) might and main (formal)

with all your effort and strength. War is something we should be working might and main to avoid.

See also: main

might is right (British, American & Australian, American)

the belief that you can do what you want because you are the most powerful person or country. To allow this invasion to happen will give a signal to every petty dictator that might is right.

See also: right

Pigs might fly. (British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal)

something that you say which means you think there is no chance at all of something happening. 'I'll pay you back on Friday, I promise.' 'Yeah, and pigs might fly.'

See also: fly

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you might as well (do something)

there is no reason you should not do something. Since you have to wait, you might as well sit down and relax.

See also: well