Ж53

ДОРОГО ПРОДАВАТЬ/ПРОДАТЬ (ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ) СВОЮ ЖИЗНЬVPsubj: human 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 fightX will fight to the deathX will put up a ferocious struggle (a hell of a fight) right to the end (before being wiped out etc).

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