Dødsstraff
«Ein kan like godt hengjast for ein sau som for eit lam.» Engelsk ordtak
Teke frå "hanged" The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs. Ed. Jennifer Speake. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Opphavleg tekst:
«One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb»
Informasjon
Kontekst: Skal ein få ei straff, kan ein like godt gjera seg fortent til henne. Ordtaket stammar frå den tida det var dødsstraff for å stela sauer.
Seinare bruk
- As some desperate Wretches, Who dispairing of life still act the more villainy, giving this desperate Reason of it, As good be hanged for a great deal, as for a little. (N. Rogers, Rich Fool, 1662)
- As good be hang'd for an old sheep as a young lamb. (J. Ray, English Proverbs. Ed. 2, 1678)
- One might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb. If he had lost this day of his life, he had lost it. (D.H. Lawrence, Rainbow, 1915)
- Letty..decided that she might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb and make the most of her meal. (B. Pym, Quartet in Autumn, 1977)
Stikkord
| sauer lam straff henging dødsstraff |
«Ein kan like godt hengjast for ein sau som for eit lam.»
