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white sheep	Used other than as an idiom: see white, sheep.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb	If one is going to commit a sin, it may as well be a major one as a minor one.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
wolf in sheep's clothing	Something harmful or problematic disguised as something peaceful or pleasant.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
black sheep	A nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person.	Rate it: (2.67 / 3 votes)
Black Sheep of the Family	A disrespected member of a family, community or any other group or society due to certain actions. It happens when all other are performing or doing well but one person lacks it all	Rate it: (2.00 / 2 votes)
black sheep	A sheep that is black.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
black sheep	A disliked person; one who is disfavored.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
count sheep	To attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
counting sheep	Farmers in the medieval ages would count their sheep before leaving them.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
victimas (oxen), hostias (smaller animals, especially sheep) immolare, securi ferire, caedere, mactare	to slaughter victims.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
white sheep	a conformist; an unusual or conventional person	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
white sheep	a disliked person; one who is disfavored	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wolf in sheep's clothing	Grammar school stories told of the Wily wolf wearing a sheepskin costume as he stealthily circles the grazing sheep seeking to snatch a helpless little lamb in his sharp-toothed and drooling vicious jaws!	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing	A person who is dangerous but pretends to be harmless, an enemy who is disguising as a friend	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
autant vaut bien battu que mal battu	As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb; In for a penny, in for a pound.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
autant vaut être mordu d'un chien que d'une chienne	As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb; What is the use of choosing between two evils?	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brebis galeuse	black sheep	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire les yeux en coulisse	To make sheep’s eyes; To ogle.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il ne faut qu'une brebis galeuse pour infecter tout le troupeau	One scabby sheep will taint the whole flock; One ill weed mars a whole pot of pottage.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il ne faut qu'une brebis galeuse pour infecter tout un troupeau	One scabby sheep will taint a whole flock.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
la brebis galeuse	The black sheep.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mouton de Panurge	lemming, sheep	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mouton noir	a black sheep	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pecorum modo fugere (Liv. 40. 27)	to flee like deer, sheep.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
quand on prend du galon on n'en saurait trop prendre	As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb; One cannot make too much of a favourable opportunity.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)