like one's life depended on it

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

like one's life depended on it

1. (idiomatic, simile) Desperately.
   • 2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     With Carlos Tevez chasing down every lost cause like his life depended on it, City always had an out ball but Arsenal had such a monopoly on possession that they barely had to give thought even to the Argentine.

Translations

desperately

• Finnish: henkensä edestä
• French: comme si sa vie en dépendait (fr)
• Hungarian: mintha az élete múlna rajta
• Polish: jakby od tego zależało życie
• Spanish: como si su vida dependiera de ello
• Turkish: hayatı buna bağlıymış gibi

See also

• for the life of one, to save one's life
• as if there were no tomorrow