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)
- if we do it, let’s do it right; in for a penny, in for a pound