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matter of life and death en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Meanings

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

Forms

Translations (16)

ja 生死にかかわる問題 (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · ru вопро́с жи́зни и сме́рти (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · fr affaire de vie ou de mort (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · de Existenzfrage (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · fi kysymys elämästä ja kuolemasta (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · nl kwestie van leven of dood (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · pl sprawa życia i śmierci (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · ko 생사존망 (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · ja 命にかかわる問題 (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · pt questão de vida ou morte (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · ca assumpte de vida o mort (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · fi elämän ja kuoleman kysymys (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · ca qüestió de vida o mort (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · es asunto de vida o muerte (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · fr question de vie ou de mort (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death) · ja 死活問題 (Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death)