se da de ceasul morții

Romanian

Etymology

Literally, “to collide with one’s hour of death” (though the precise meaning of the verb da in this expression is hard to pinpoint).

Verb

a se da de ceasul morții (third-person singular present dă de ceasul morții, past participle dat de ceasul morții) 1st conjugation

1. (idiomatic, often catenative) to expend desperate efforts for something