You might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb--

and what *does* it mean? my guess (without really knowing that a sheep is worth more than a lamb, at market) would be that it's akin to "If you're going to go down, you might as well go down shooting", but i suppose it could translate more broadly to putting your heart and your backbone into everything you do, kind of a carpe diem sentiment.

am i even close?