和英辞書

伸るか反るか

phrase

(idiomatic) make or break, win or lose, sink or swim, all or nothing, go big or go home

このプロジェクトは、我々の会社にとって伸るか反るかの状況だ。

This project is a make or break situation for our company.

意味（1）

(idiomatic) make or break, win or lose, sink or swim, all or nothing, go big or go home

『[…]出来(でき)るか出来(でき)ないか、のるかそるか、自分(じぶん)の一生(いつしやう)を棒(ばう)に振(ふ)るかも知(し)れないが、兎(と)に角(かく)やつて見(み)やう』かう言(い)つて机(つくえ)にかじりつくやうにして本(ほん)を読(よ)んだり筆(ふで)を執(と)つたりして来(き)た。

“[…] Dekiru ka dekinai ka, noru ka soru ka, jibun no isshō o bō ni furu ka mo shirenai ga, tonikaku yatte miyō” kō itte tsukue ni kajiritsuku yō ni shite hon o yondari fude o tottari shite kita.“[…]Whether I can do it or not, sink or swim, I might ruin my own life, but I’m going to try anyway.” That is what I said to myself, and then I glued myself to my desk and read books and took up my pen.