all duck or no dinner

Meaning: (idiomatic)All or nothing.2004, Bill Cullen,It's a Long Way from Penny Apples:"You know," said Bob, "they'll be pushing their luck getting across the tides of the Irish Sea. It's going to beall duck or no dinnerfor Captain Carlsen . ”2006, Mark Gray,Rhetoric and Social Justice in Isaiah, page223:This is what might be termed anall-duck-or-no-dinnerapproach in which “aunivocalmeaning” containing no “ anti-liberationist❞ strain is sought.2020, Ross Fitzgerald,Fifty Years Sober: An Alcoholic's Journey:The afternoon I moved out of home, my father said, 'You'reall duck or no dinner', which still applies to me today, although I can sometimes moderate the extremes.

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