English | Russian |
come back with your shield, or on it | со щитом или на щите (said by Spartan mothers to their sons before they went out to battle to remind them of their bravery and duty Val_Ships) |
go out on one's shield | бороться до конца (Tamerlane) |
go out on one's shield | костьми лечь (to do something: I don't care if you die trying, or if you get knocked out, we're going to go out on our shield trying to win this world title. Tamerlane) |