Idiom
matter of life and death
Meaning
An extremely urgent matter.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please hurry, this is a matter of life and death.”
“The doctor rushed into the room because the patient's condition had become a matter of life and death.”
“The diplomat insisted that the treaty negotiations were a matter of life and death for the thousands of refugees currently stranded at the border.”
Examples
simple
“Please hurry, this is a matter of life and death.”
contextual
“The doctor rushed into the room because the patient's condition had become a matter of life and death.”
complex
“The diplomat insisted that the treaty negotiations were a matter of life and death for the thousands of refugees currently stranded at the border.”
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