do or die | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To act withsufficienturgencyto result in eitherimmediatesuccessor immediatefailure.1621 (first literary attestation),John Fletcher,The Island Princessact 2.scene 2:Emanuel: Bless us, dear Fortune! /Armusia: Let us be worthy of it in our courage, and Fortune must befriend us. Come, all sever; but keep still within sight: when the flame rises let's meet, andeither do or die.1793,Robert Burns,Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn6th stanza.4th line:Lay the proud Usurpers low! / Tyrants fall in every foe! / Liberty's in every blow! /Let usdo or die!1942,Mahatma Gandhi,Address before the A.I.C.C. at Bombay on 08/08/1942, 8th paragraph at the beginning:Here is a mantra, a short one, that I give you. You may imprint it on your hearts and let every breath of yours give expression to it. The mantra is :‘Do or Die’. We shall either free India or die in the attempt; we shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery.

Examples:

EN: "Yours not to reason why, yours but to do or die."
ES: ¿Cuál es la razón de toda esta prisa, señor? "No estamos para razonar.
EN: It's do or die.
ES: - ¡No puedes saltar!
EN: ♪ Ready to do or die ♪
ES: ♪ Listo para hacer o morir ♪
ES: ♪ Listo para hacer o morir ♪
EN: ♪ We joined the Navy to do or die ♪
ES: ♪ Nos alistamos en la armada para vencer o morir ♪
EN: "It was nothing to nothing at the end of the 9th inning when Frank Blakewell, cool as a cucumber came up to bat with a look of do or die on his face. "
ES: "Al final del noveno juego, todavía empatados a cero Frank Blakewell, con tranquilidad olímpica, se dispone a batir... "
EN: Theirs is but to do or die".
ES: Hay que hacerlo o morir".
EN: For dear old Tait, I'll do or die!
ES: Por Tait, lo haré o moriré.
EN: # And he suddenly knew that he must do or die #
ES: Y de repente supo que debía hacer algo o moriría
EN: Do or die, do or die, Do or die, do or die,
ES: hacer o morir, hacer o morir hacer o morir, hacer o morir.
ES: hacer o morir, hacer o morir hacer o morir, hacer o morir.
EN: [ Singing ] "As the backs go tearing by, on their way to do or die." "Many sighs and many tears, mingle with the Harvard cheers." "As the backs go tearing by."
ES: Nuestros espíritus alegres en el camino hacia la victoria se henchirán al escuchar nuestro himno sin igual nuestro canto a la amistad.
EN: Now, it's do or die, jockey against jockey true thoroughbred against true thoroughbred.
ES: Es a muerte, jinete contra jinete purasangre contra purasangre.
EN: Ours is to do or die.
ES: Lo nuestro es hacer o morir.
EN: It was a case of do or die, see, so I took the seven and I swung the club, died.
ES: Era un caso de vida o muerte, tome el nº 7 y le di. ¡Muerto!
EN: Sink or swim, do or die.
ES: Ahogate o nada, haz o muere.
EN: I'II do or die!
ES: Lo haré o moriré!

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