your money or your life

English

Interjection

your money or your life

1. A stereotypical threat used by robbers, implying that the victim will be killed unless they hand over their valuables.

   Stand and deliver! Your money or your life!

Translations

Translations

• Afrikaans: jou geld of jou lewe
• Amharic: ከገንዘብህ ወይ ከሕይወትህ (kägänzäbh wäy käḥyəwäth)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 要錢要命 / 要钱要命

• Danish: pengene eller livet
• Dutch: je geld of je leven
• Estonian: raha või elu
• French: la bourse ou la vie (fr)
• German: Geld oder Leben
• Hungarian: pénzt vagy életet
• Japanese: 金か、命か (kane ka, inochi ka)
• Latvian: naudu vai dzīvību
• Maltese: flusek jew ħajtek
• Polish: pieniądze albo życie!
• Portuguese: o dinheiro ou a vida
• Romanian: banii sau viața
• Spanish: la bolsa o la vida
• Swahili: pesa zako au uhai wako

See also

• hands up
• reach for the sky
• stand and deliver
• stick 'em up