Be+hanged
31confess 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 …
32never mention rope in the house of a man who has been hanged — 1599 J. MINSHEU Spanish Dialogues i. A man ought not to make mention of a halter in the house of a man that was hanged. 1620 T. SHELTON tr. Don Quixote III. xi. Why doe I name an Asse with my mouth, seeing one should not make mention of a rope in …
33The Seven Who Were Hanged — Infobox Book | name = The Seven Who Were Hanged image caption = Book cover translator = Herman Bernstein author = Leonid Andreyev country = United States language = English genre = Psychological horror publisher = University Press of the Pacific… …
34The Hanged Man (TV series) — Infobox television show name = The Hanged Man caption = genre = Crime Drama runtime = 50 minutes creator = Edmund Ward starring = Colin Blakely Michael Williams Gary Watson country = UK network = ITV producer = Yorkshire Television first aired =… …
35The Hanged Man (Journeyman) — Infobox Television episode Title = The Hanged Man Series =Journeyman Caption = Season = 1 Episode = 12 Airdate = December 17, 2007 Production = 112 Writer = Tracy McMillan Director = Steven DePaul Guests = Lisa Sheridan Tom Everett Melinda McGraw …
36The Hanged Man (1964 film) — Infobox Film name = The Hanged Man caption = director = Don Siegel producer = Raymond Wagner writer = Dorothy B. Hughes (Novel) Jack Laird Stanford Whitmore (Adaptation) starring = Robert Culp Edmond O Brien Vera Miles Norman Fell Seymour Cassel… …
37I 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… …
38one 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… …
39he that has an ill name is half hanged — a 1400 in C. Brown Religious Lyrics of XIVth Century (1957) 193 Ho so hath a wicked name Me semeth for sothe half hongid he is. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. vi. I2 He that hath an yll name, is halfe hangd. 1614 T. ADAMS Devil’s… …
40little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape — Cf. late 14th cent. Fr. les petits larrons sont penduez, non pas les grands, little thieves are hanged, not big ones. 1639 J. CLARKE Parœmiologia Anglo Latina 172 Little theeves are hang’d, but great ones escape. 1979 Daily Telegraph 22 Nov. 18… …
