乾坤一擲

けんこんいってき

stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task

Meanings

Noun
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a taskFour-character idiom

Example sentences

乾坤一擲けんこんいってきの大勝負おおしょうぶ。情なさけないけどこれが見事みごと空振からぶりに終おわったんだなあ。

It was all-or-nothing and we struck out spectacularly.