buy the ticket, take the ride
(from Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
Creating, and being involved in, a situation that may get you in way over your head-- but deciding that turning back would be a rather uninteresting option
Creating, and being involved in, a situation that may get you in way over your head-- but deciding that turning back would be a rather uninteresting option
Example:
When Kenny and Chris realized that they'd invited six uninhibited drunkards to go boating with them for an entire weekend, they briefly reconsidered going at all.
Chris: Oh well-- buy the ticket, take the ride.
When Kenny and Chris realized that they'd invited six uninhibited drunkards to go boating with them for an entire weekend, they briefly reconsidered going at all.
Chris: Oh well-- buy the ticket, take the ride.