背城借一bèi chéng jiè yīfight to the death (/the last ditch); fight with a rope round one’s neck;make a last-ditch stand before the city wall; make a spoon or spoil a horn; put up a desperate struggle;stand at bay; turn to bay;with one’s back to the wall
❍ 请收合余烬，～。(《左传·成二年》) Then we will collect the fragments of our forces,and ask for another battle before the walls of our capital.
❍ 将士们决心～，与敌军同归于尽。The officers and soldiers were determined to fight to the last ditch and perish together with the enemy. 背城借一bèi chénɡ jiè yī背对自己的城堡，决一死战。fight to the last ditch, put up a desperate struggle, make a last-ditch stand before the city wall |