Russian Equivalent?

[Svetlana Malykhina]

Dear Patricia,
 
The following sport slogan is often used: 
 
Со щитом или на щите
 
This laconic phrase originated from Spartan war-tradition: when Spartan men went to war, their women would give them their shields and wish them luck by saying “Come home with your shield or upon it,” meaning that true Spartans could only return to Sparta either victorious (with their shield in hand) or dead (carried upon it). 
 
Svitlana 
 --- On Fri, 3/9/10, Alina Israeli <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU> wrote:


From: Alina Israeli <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU>
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian Equivalent?
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Date: Friday, 3 September, 2010, 18:09


Not as a cheer:

Пан или пропал.
Бежать так бежать.

Sep 2, 2010, в 12:19 PM, Krafcik, Patricia написал(а):

> 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
> 

Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
LFS, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387     fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu

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