The expression "In for a penny, in for a pound" means if something is worth doing then gamble or take a chance at it. You might as well go the whole way, commit and take all the risks, not just some.
A penny is the English currency of a coin, however, a pound consists of 100 pennies.
It's actually "in for a penny, IN for a pound" and it means if you are going to do something, you might as well do it wholeheartedly. It's a metaphor from gambling - if you're sure enugh to bet a penny, you might as well bet a pound.
"Penny pincher" is the slang term for a stingy person.
It means you have lost a pound of money and found only a penny.
penny for your thoughts
A bad penny is an idiom for something which is unpleasant or unwanted, especially something which appears at an undesirable time.
Sterling Pound and Penny
"A penny" isn't an idiom - it's just a one-cent American coin.
"Penny pincher" is the slang term for a stingy person.
"Penniless" is not an idiom. It means that you don't have a penny to spend. It's used as an exaggeration to mean that you don't have any money.
It means you have lost a pound of money and found only a penny.
It's TO SPEND A PENNY. It means to urinate. In the old days, public toilets cost a penny.
The German idiom der Groschen ist gefallen equates to the English idiom the penny drops or the penny dropped meaningA belated realization of something after a period of confusion or misunderstanding.
No! A penny is a hundred of a pound. Penny, plural is pennies or penny.
penny for your thoughts
A bad penny is an idiom for something which is unpleasant or unwanted, especially something which appears at an undesirable time.
It means to urinate. At one time, public rest rooms cost a penny to use.
If you are guilt, you are guilty - A man that takes a penny is as guilty a man that takes a pound (english currency).
A penny was worth a penny 1D in old money , there was 240 pennys to a pound.