М-284

ПРОПАДАТЬ, ТАК С МУЗЫКОЙ! highly coll (sent Invar fixed WO

(said when a person embarks upon sth. risky) if s.o. is fated to suffer defeat, failure (even death), then he should do so in an impressive way (causing as much damage to the opposite side as possible)

if I am (we are etc) going to fail (die etc ), I (we etc ) should do it in style

if I am (we are etc ) going to fail (die etc), I (we etc) want to go out in a blaze of glory.

«Михаил Сидорович, задумал я большое дело, буду с вами о нём говорить. Пропадать, так с музыкой!» (Гроссман 2). "I've been thinking about something important, Mikhail Sidorovich. I need to talk to you. If we're going to die, I think we should do it in style" (2a).