ДОРОГО ОТДАВАТЬ СВОЮ ЖИЗНЬ

• ДОРОГО ПРОДАВАТЬ/ПРОДАТЬ (ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ) СВОЮ ЖИЗНЬ••

[VP; subj: human]

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⇒ to fight fiercely before being killed in a battle, confrontation etc, causing the enemy great difficulty and substantial losses in destroying one:

- X дорого продаст свою жизнь••≈ X will go down fighting;

- X won't go down without a fight;

- X will fight to the death;

- X will put up a ferocious struggle (a hell of a fight) right to the end (before being wiped out etc).