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была не была!stresses
gen. bugger this for a bunch of bananas (Albonda); come hell or high water (Anglophile); happy be lucky; come what may; whatever the risk
idiom. sing or swim; no guts, no glory (КГА); sink or swim; let the chips fall where they may (ireneza); сome as it may (Andrey Truhachev); hit or miss! (Andrey Truhachev); Here goes nothing (Tamerlane); here goes!; here goes! (said just before you do something brave or something that you have never done before: Well, I've never ridden a motorbike before, so here goes!); go big or go home! (Andrey Truhachev); throw someone in the deep end (Nata Shkoda)
inf. screw it, let's do it (Баян)
proverb what will be will be! (usually exclaimed by a person who has made up his mind to take the risk of doing something or to be brave enough to do something); heads I win, tails or apple you lose; cross I win, tails or apple you lose; come what may!; neck or nothing!; hang it all!
была не была
gen. what the hell (April May); let the world pass
что называется, была не была
idiom. a shot in the dark (It is a shot in the dark, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Shabe)
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