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What is the meaning of ' But in for a kopek, in for a ruble'?
(It's from the novel of 'Contact' and the context goes; Even the Soviets—Sakhalin Island was only forty-three kilometers away, across the Soya, or La Pérouse Strait—had voiced some misgivings on this score. But in for a
kopek, in for a ruble. For all they knew, even a Machine built on the far side of the Moon could blow up the Earth when activated. )
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It is a mangling of a British expression: In for a penny, in for a pound. org/wiki/in_for_a_penny,_in_for_a_pound
- It is a mangling of a British expression: In for a penny, in for a pound.
- org/wiki/in_for_a_penny,_in_for_a_pound
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It is a mangling of a British expression: In for a penny, in for a pound.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20for%20a%20penny%2C%20in%20for%20a%20pound
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