Sydney

(it's) Sydney or the bush

Either one achieves or strives for the very best possible outcome, or one shouldn't bother at all. Primarily heard in Australia. I was the last member of the team still in the tournament, so it was Sydney or the bush for my next match! OK, I'm putting everything I have on this roll of the dice—it's Sydney or the bush!
See also: bush, Sydney
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Sydney or the bush

all or nothing. Australian
See also: bush, Sydney
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • cooking for one
  • drive (one) out of office
  • force (one) out of office
  • force out of office
  • give (one) (one's) head
  • give head
  • give somebody their head
  • give someone their head
  • 1FTR
  • as one door closes, another (one) opens
References in classic literature
The more business he got, the greater his power seemed to grow of getting at its pith and marrow; and however late at night he sat carousing with Sydney Carton, he always had his points at his fingers' ends in the morning.
Sydney Carton, idlest and most unpromising of men, was Stryver's great ally.
"I thought so." And Sydney sighed, for he had lately lost his own good mother.
Sydney was dancing; Tom and his friends were discussing base-ball on the stairs; and Maud's set had returned to the library to play.
What shall I do without my 'sweet P.,' as Sydney calls you?" sighed Fanny, bearing Polly away to be cuddled.
On the road to Sydney I spent a very pleasant evening with Captain King at Dunheved; and thus ended my little excursion in the colony of New South Wales.
11 November, 2020 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (7.00pm)
Sydney Hetherington was 96 when he achieved his dream to go to the Royal British Legion's annual Festival of Remembrance in November of 2016.
Sydney Kay Weber FOX LAKE - Sydney Kay Weber, age 16, passed away suddenly on Saturday, December 15, 2018.
Summary: Sydney [Australia], Dec 3 (ANI): US Open champion Naomi Osaka has confirmed her participation in the upcoming Sydney International tournament beginning January 6.
[USPRwire, Sat Sep 22 2018] Australian Cruise Group, Sydney's premier cruise operator, has announced that its luxury glass boat dinner cruises, Clearview Cruises, will operate daily from the month of October 2018.
Hours away from losing her leg, Sydney Shipley, 21, underwent emergency surgery to remove an 8ins by 6ins chunk of diseased tissue because of a condition known as necrotizing fasciitis, doctors said.
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The urban development of Sydney can be traced from 'Sketch of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, in the County of Cumberland, New South Wales, July 1788,' (1789) (Fig.