Mozna np powiedziec "at all costs" ale to znaczy bardziej "za wszelka cene" a nie wiem czy jest cos o blizszym znaczeniu:-)
Pozdrawiam
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14 gru 2004
1) to aim for something at any cost
2) to walk over everybody
LaBelleDame
14 gru 2004
można też powiedzieć 'give no quarters' - ale to bardziej: nie dali nikomu innemu szans...
jest jeszcze coś takiego jak "demand one's pound of flesh'
People who cruelly or unreasonably insist on their rights are said to be demanding their “pound of flesh.
stop at nothing
tak jak odpowiedzieli na pl.hum.tlumaczenia
xl
14 gru 2004
denending on the context, of course:
dog eat dog (dog-eat-dog) as in 'their dog-eat-dog policy', 'a dog-eat-dog situation', 'a dog-eat-dog battle/fight', 'dog-eat-dog world' and so forth...
xl
14 gru 2004
and, if you needed a noun:
a rat race,
an anything goes (anything-goes) situation, etc.,
a kill'em-all approach/situation, etc.
xl
14 gru 2004
go get them
'he has a go-get-them attitude"
xl
14 gru 2004
he's a go-getter.
the last two don't have a negative meaning though, and i believe negative is what you need?