sink or swim
释义
生死存亡：用来形容一个人要么靠自己的努力成功，要么完全失败的情况。
例句
1·The new students were just left to sink or swim .
学校完全让新生自生自灭。
《牛津词典》
2·I think athletes sink or swim depending on how they motivate themselves.
我认为运动员的成败取决于他们如何激励自己。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·This time he'll sink or swim .
这回对他将是成败在此一举。
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