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  • well-hung — adj having large genitals. A vulgarism applied to males (only very rarely used of large female breasts) for at least two hundred years. ► No male streakers are naff, least of all stupendously well hung men who invade the pitch at a Test Match and …   Contemporary slang

  • The Hanged Man (tarot card) — The Hanged Man (XII) is the twelfth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination. It may also be known as The Traitor, particularly in older decks.specify|date=March… …   Wikipedia

  • one might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb — The proverb alludes to the former penalty for sheep stealing. The idea is present in: 1662 N. ROGERS Rich Fool 253 As some desperate Wretches, Who dispairing of life still act the more villainy, giving this desperate Reason of it, As good be… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • I might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. — 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… …   New idioms dictionary

  • confess and be hanged — 1589 ‘MISOPHONUS’ De Caede Gallorum Regis A2v Confesse and be hangede man In English some saie. 1604 SHAKESPEARE Othello IV. i. 37 Handkerchief confessions handkerchief! To confess, and be hanged for his labour. 1672 MARVELL Rehearsal Transprosed …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • I might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb. — 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… …   New idioms dictionary

  • (you) may as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb — (you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a ˌsheep as (for) a ˈlamb idiom (saying) if you are going to be punished for doing sth wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing Main entry: ↑wellidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • (you) might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb — (you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a ˌsheep as (for) a ˈlamb idiom (saying) if you are going to be punished for doing sth wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing Main entry: ↑wellidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • A Clean, Well-Lighted Place — is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1926. It was later included in his 1933 collection, Winner Take Nothing . The story It is late evening. Inside of the café, there are two waiters (old and young) and the old man who is… …   Wikipedia

  • (you) may as well be hung for a sheep as (for) a lamb — (you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a ˌsheep as (for) a ˈlamb idiom (saying) if you are going to be punished for doing sth wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing Main entry: ↑wellidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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