dice with death

dice with death
to do something very dangerous.

You're dicing with death driving at that sort of speed on icy roads.

(often in continuous tenses)

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • dice with death — To take great risks • • • Main Entry: ↑dice * * * dice with death phrase to risk being killed by doing something very dangerous Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry: dice * * * take seri …   Useful english dictionary

  • dice with death — If you do something that is very dangerous, you are dicing with death …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • dice with death — ► dice with death take serious risks. Main Entry: ↑dice …   English terms dictionary

  • dice with death — verb To do or perform an activity which is very risky, or dangerous, and could even cause ones death. By now, I think everyone is aware that to drink and drive is to dice with death …   Wiktionary

  • dice with death —    If you put your life at risk by doing something very dangerous, youdice with death.     Going mountain climbing alone is dicing with death …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Dice with death — act dangerously or take a risk …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • dice with death — Australian Slang act dangerously or take a risk …   English dialects glossary

  • dice with death — take serious risks. → have first dibs …   English new terms dictionary

  • dice with death — to risk being killed by doing something very dangerous …   English dictionary

  • dice — ► NOUN (pl. same; sing. also die) ▪ a small cube with faces bearing from one to six spots, used in games of chance. See also DIE(Cf. ↑die). ► VERB ▪ cut (food) into small cubes. ● dice with death Cf. ↑dice with death …   English terms dictionary

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