Russian Equivalent?

[Krafcik, Patricia]

Thanks, Roman, and also to a few others who have made suggestions about Russian
equivalents for "Go big or go home!"

Thus far, the best has been "Vse sto ili nichego!" from Nathan Hawryluk. Some others
have been perhaps a bit too literal, without the "slangy" rhythm that "Go big or go home!"
has ("Ili staraisja na vse sto, ili ne delai voobshche" and "Delai kak nado ili ne beris' vovse"--
a couple of examples). 

Your list here is excellent, and I suspect that the boys will focus in on an appropriate choice
from all that has been suggested up to now. (I may not share with them the "tvoiu mat'" selection,
though.... LOL!)

--Pat


-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list on behalf of Roman Ivashkiv
Sent: Thu 9/2/2010 12:45 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian Equivalent?
 
Dear Dr. Krafcik,
I am really curious to see suggestions from more experienced colleagues that
would be idiomatically closer to your English slogan, but in the context of
cross-country running, here are a few options:

?????? ?? ????? - ?? ???????? ????! 
??????? - ????????, ?????? ?? ?????! 
????? ?? ???? - ????? ?????!
????, ?????, ?? ????????!
???? ???? ????????, ?? ?????? ????????!
??????! ?? ?????????! ???? ????! (This may be a little too "slangy" for high
school, though). 
??? ?? ???????! (That's from "????," so, although it works well
contextually, one may need to be careful with associations, etc)

I hope this helps a little bit. If not, maybe it'll spur more ideas.

Sincerely,
Roman Ivashkiv

-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Krafcik, Patricia
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 10:20 AM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian Equivalent?

Quick Question, Colleagues:

My son's cross-country running friends at high school want to place on their
T-shirts the Russian equivalent of this phrase: "Go big or go home!" meaning
"Do it all the way or don't do it at all!" or something to this effect. I've
gotten
suggestions from friends, but our efforts thus far seem simply too literate,
and not "slangy" enough. Is there some way to express this idea in good
Russian
slang? 

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Pat Krafcik
The Evergreen State College
krafcikp at evergreen.edu

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