Talk:in for a penny, in for a pound

Synonyms and Antonyms for the concept

When the idiom "in for a penny, in for a pound" is used as the concept to represent "go the whole way".

It generates following synonym:

1. specific performance: In law, a contract defines what is to be done by each parties. When there is breach of contract, the court can decide to make parties do the whole thing and fulfill the contract (aka specific performance). Specific performance is a legal term for having started something (here contract), one must see it through to its end "go the whole way" and not breach the contract (assuming not performing the contract is more beneficial for one of the party).

It generates following antonyms:

1. The idiom represents a violation of the concept commitment bias, in which person is expected to reassess the situation rather than pushing through.
2. Similarly, idiom is also nullified by sunk costs fallacy, where even when you have started something and made progress (invested time/resources), you can still back out.

Ankitdimania (talk) 02:04, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

These are not synonyms. They need to be replaceable in a sentence. Equinox ◑ 02:07, 1 December 2022 (UTC)