daca-i bal, bal sa fie

English translation: in for a penny, in for a pound//go the whole hog

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Romanian term or phrase:daca-i bal, bal sa fie
English translation:in for a penny, in for a pound//go the whole hog
Entered by: Alice Lazar

21:17 Sep 22, 2018
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Roman
Romanian term or phrase: daca-i bal, bal sa fie
Doua personaje sunt la restaurant scump. Sunt tineri si indragostiti. Au ales mancaruri bune si elaborate. Mai vor sa ia si vin si ambii sunt de acord.
Unul zice:
'Si vin?
'Si vin. Daca-i bal, bal sa fie!

Nu reusesc sa gasesc un echivalent bun pentru aceasta expresie, exista un idiom sau altceva?
Alice Lazar
Local time: 18:33
in for a penny, in for a pound//go the whole hog
Explanation:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in for a penny, i...
used to say that a person should finish what he or she has started to do even though it may be difficult or expensive

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/go_the_whole_hog
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adami
Romania
Local time: 18:33
Grading comment
Multumesc mult!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +2in for a penny, in for a pound//go the whole hog
adami


  

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in for a penny, in for a pound//go the whole hog


Explanation:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in for a penny, i...
used to say that a person should finish what he or she has started to do even though it may be difficult or expensive

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/go_the_whole_hog

adami
Romania
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Multumesc mult!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andreea Sepi, MCIL (X)
3 mins
  -> Multumesc!

agree  Ioana-Leda Costea-Nicolae
1 day 14 hrs
  -> Multumesc!
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