Risk life and limbrisk your neck In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "risk life and limbrisk your neck", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Katie Anh calendar 2022-08-08 07:08

Meaning of Risk life and limbrisk your neck

Synonyms:

risk one's neck

Risk life and limbrisk your neck verb phrase

Used when someone is doing something that can cause them to die or be seriously injured

Jacob is risking life and limb to rescue the drowned.

How could you risk life and limb crossing the road just to help a cat?

It is Jack who risked life and limb to rescue me from the fierce fire.

I always pay deep respect to soldiers who risk life and limb to protect the Country.

Other phrases about:

take a flyer (on something)

If you take a flyer (on something), you take a chance, risk, or gamble on it.

Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush

This proverb advise you already have your own valuable thing, so you don't need to take the risk of getting something better, which may cause you to lose everything.

take (one's) chances

1. To grab or make the most of the opportunities when they happens or exists

2. When you take your chances, you take a risk because you may fail.

throw/cast caution to the wind(s)

To do something without considering risks, threats, or consequences

risk (one's) neck

To do something harmful or dangerous to one's health and life

 

Grammar and Usage of Risk life and limbrisk your neck

Verb Forms

  • risked life and limb
  • risking life and limb
  • risks life and limb
  • risk (one's) life and limb
The verb "risk" should be conjugated according to its tense.
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