のるかそるか

win or lose

Meanings

also 伸るか反るか

  1. expression, adverb, takes の, usually in kana win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing

In sentences

私わたしにとってのるかそるかだった。 It was sink or swim with me. #164771

のるかそるかの瀬戸際せとぎわまできた。 The situation has come to the point where we either sink or swim. #198551