everything-or-nothing
adjectiveUK /ˈev.ri.θɪŋ ɔː ˈnʌθ.ɪŋ/
US /ˈev.ri.θɪŋ ɔːr ˈnʌθ.ɪŋ/
This means you either get all of something or you get none of it.
Her everything-or-nothing attitude made her quit the game when she lost the first point.
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2. A way of thinking where there is no middle ground between complete success and complete failure.
His everything-or-nothing thinking made every small mistake feel like a disaster.
3. A situation where a full result is needed, and a partial result counts for nothing.
The final round was everything-or-nothing: win it or go home empty-handed.
4. A style of approach that gives total effort or no effort at all.
She trained with everything-or-nothing energy, never doing anything halfway.