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The following 2 entries include the term a pound.
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
idiom—used to say that it is better and easier to stop a problem, illness, etc., from happening than to stop or correct it after it has started
in for a penny, in for a pound
idiom—used to say that a person should finish what he or she has started to do even though it may be difficult or expensive
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