要死要活

tīng shuō bù mǎi biàn xíng jīn gāng le tā jiù dǎo zài dì shang kū de yào sǐ yào huó

听说不买变形金刚了，他就倒在地上哭得要死要活。

Having heard that he did not buy Transformers, he fell to the ground crying for desperate life.