Where does “伸るか反るか” come from?

伸るか反るか (Japanese) comes from Japanese か, from Japanese いつか — sometime, at some point.

伸るか反るか (Japanese): make or break, win or lose, sink or swim, all or nothing, go big or go home

Definitions

  1. make or break, win or lose, sink or swim, all or nothing, go big or go home

Ancestry of “伸るか反るか”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesefinal interrogative particle, similar to a...
2Japaneseいつかsometime, at some point
Every word from Japanese いつかEvery word from Japanese
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