stand or fall

stand or fall
уцелеть или погибнуть; ≈ пан или пропал

...he must stand or fall as the jury shall find him guilty or not guilty. (A. Trollope, ‘The Last Chronicle of Barset’, ch. LIV) — ...его судьба зависит от того, оправдают ли его присяжные или признают виновным.

Into that character he had put all the hatred and contempt he felt for the monks... By that character his play would stand or fall. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Then and Now’, ‘Epilogue’) — Этот персонаж олицетворяет всю ненависть, все презрение, которые Макиавелли питал к монахам... От этого персонажа зависит успех или провал пьесы.

You've given the district attorney a signed statement. You can't deviate from that story now. You've got to stand or fall by it. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Curious Bride’, ch. 16) — Вы дали окружному прокурору письменное заявление. Сейчас нельзя ни на йоту от него отступить. Что называется, пан или пропал.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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