or bust

短语
中文释义
英 /ɔː ˈbʌst/    美 /ɔɹ ˈbʌst/|/ɚ ˈbʌst/

英文释义

短语
  1. Used to indicate one's intention to do everything possible to achieve a goal, with failure being the only alternative. US,informal
    — Nearly half a lifetime I have lived in Laramie, with all the while a great longing to see the wonders of the Yellowstone— [...] so when the boys wrote along the wagon top "Park or Bust," that settled it, and we started July 4th, 1903.

词源

Indicating that the only alternative to what is being attempted is a bust (“(slang) failed enterprise; bomb”).
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