אם כבר אז כבר

Hebrew

Etymology

Literally: “if already, then already”. Eventually a loan translation of German wenn schon, denn schon, perhaps through Yiddish.

Phrase

אִם כְּבָר אָז כְּבָר • (im k'vár az k'vár)

  1. if we do it, let’s do it right; in for a penny, in for a pound
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