English / proverb
If You Can't Do the Time, Don't Do the Crime
MEANING IN ENGLISH
If you are unwilling to face the consequences, do not commit wrongful or risky acts.
In context
01
When the insider trader began pleading for leniency, the prosecutor bluntly noted, 'If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.'
02
Before breaking safety regulations to save a few dollars, remember: if you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
Synonyms
accept the consequences,take responsibility for your wrongdoing,reap what you sow
Antonyms
get off scot-free,evade accountability,pass the buck
Collocations
admonish that if you can't do the time,reminder that if you can't do the time,warned that if you can't do the time