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Do or Die
In our society, we often hear the phrase “do or die. ... When faced with an important game that could end the season, athletes will say “it’s do or die time! ... “To do or Die. ... As a society, we are faced with “do or die” situations every day whether they be an important sporting game, or when our soldiers get sent to fight in wars. ... or die.
The origin of the phrase “do or die” is debated on. Some think that the phrase comes from Alfred, Lord Tennyson in his poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” which has the line “Their’s not to reason why; their’s not but to do and die.” The point of this line was to say that the soldiers have no choice but to do, and probably die in the process, which is a little different than the true meaning of the phrase “do or die.” Another origin comes from 16th century Scottish writer Robert Lindsay who wrote: “he knew well thair no remedie but ether to do or die.
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