matter of life and death

English

Alternative forms

• matter of life or death

Pronunciation

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Noun

matter of life and death (plural matters of life and death)

1. Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
2. (idiomatic) An extremely urgent matter.

Translations

Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death

• Dutch: kwestie van leven of dood f
• Finnish: elämän ja kuoleman kysymys, kysymys elämästä ja kuolemasta
• French: question de vie ou de mort (fr) f, affaire de vie ou de mort f
• Japanese: 死活問題 (ja) (しかつもんだい, shikatsumondai), 生死にかかわる問題 (せいしにかかわるもんだい, seishi ni kakawaru mondai), 命にかかわる問題 (いのちにかかわるもんだい, inochi ni kakawaru mondai)
• Polish: sprawa życia i śmierci f
• Portuguese: questão de vida ou morte
• Russian: вопро́с жи́зни и сме́рти (ru) m (voprós žízni i smérti)
• Spanish: asunto de vida o muerte