I'm sure this elevator isn't properly maintained. I feel as though I'm taking my life into my hands every time I go in it.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
take (your) life in (your) hands — to do something very dangerous. I think you take your life in your hands every time you get on a plane … New idioms dictionary
take your life in your hands — take your life in your ˈhands idiom to risk being killed • You take your life in your hands just crossing the road here. Main entry: ↑lifeidiom … Useful english dictionary
take (your) life into (your) hands — take (your) life in/into (your) hands to do something dangerous. I m sure this elevator isn t properly maintained. I feel as though I m taking my life into my hands every time I go in it … New idioms dictionary
take (your) life — to kill yourself As distinct from take life in your hands, to risk your life rashly, or just take life as it comes, to live in a casual way: Beautiful Young Society Matron Takes Life in Plunge. (Mailer, 1965 headline relating to a… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
My Destiny In Your Hands — Theatrical release poster Directed by Jose Mojica Marins Produced by Augusto Pereira Leonardo Russo … Wikipedia
life — W1S1 [laıf] n plural lives [laıvz] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time somebody is alive)¦ 2¦(state of being alive)¦ 3¦(way somebody lives)¦ 4¦(particular situation/job)¦ 5 social/personal/sex etc life 6¦(human existence)¦ 7¦(time when something exists/works)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
life — [ laıf ] (plural lives [ laıvz ] ) noun *** ▸ 1 time from birth to death ▸ 2 way of living, experience ▸ 3 state of being alive ▸ 4 living things ▸ 5 time something exists/lasts ▸ 6 activity/excitement ▸ 7 in games ▸ 8 life imprisonment ▸ +… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Take — Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
life — /laIf/ noun plural lives /laIvz/ PERIOD OF LIVING 1 (C, U) the period between a person s birth and death during which they are alive: Learning goes on throughout life. | You have your whole life ahead of you. | in your life: I d never seen the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
life — n. 1) to lead a life (to lead a busy life) 2) to prolong; save a life 3) to devote one s life (to smt.) 4) to spend one s life (doing smt.) 5) to give, lay down, sacrifice; risk one s life 6) to claim, snuff out, take a life (she took her own… … Combinatory dictionary
