all duck or no dinner

Of a situation, action, or effort resulting in either total success or total failure; all or nothing. We've got one last chance to secure an investor for the company, so it's all duck or no dinner with this meeting! Of course that team got into the playoffs at the last possible moment—they play really well when it's all duck or no dinner. Oh man, I hate situations like this that are all duck and no dinner—there's just too much pressure!