all-or-nothing

English

Adjective

all-or-nothing (not comparable)

1. Being or relating to a situation where a dichotomy (a binary state) pertains: either of two poles is instantiated, with no intermediate state (e.g., a mixture or syncretism) being possible or being permitted.

   Near-synonyms: black-and-white, dichotomous, all-or-none

   1. Being or relating to a project that will either succeed completely or fail completely.

      A crewed moonshot is an all-or-nothing affair: either they get to the moon and back alive, or they don't.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: hollen of stilstaan
• Finnish: syteen tai saveen, kaikki tai ei mitään
• French: tout ou rien (fr), quitte ou double (fr), ça passe ou ça casse (fr)
• German: alles oder nichts
• Greek: όλα ή τίποτα (óla í típota)
• Italian: tutto o niente
• Latin: aut caesar aut nihil
• Polish: bezkompromisowy (pl)
• Portuguese: tudo ou nada, ou oito, ou oitenta
• Romanian: totul sau nimic
• Russian: пан или пропал (ru) (pan ili propal), грудь в крестах или голова в кустах (grudʹ v krestax ili golova v kustax)
• Spanish: todo o nada
• Turkish: ya hep ya hiç
• Ukrainian: пан або́ пропа́в (pan abó propáv)