risk life and limb

成語所屬單字limb

risk life and limb — 慣用語

1. To put yourself in a situation where you could be seriously injured or killed, u

1.慣用語
釋義

冒著生命危險

To put yourself in a situation where you could be seriously injured or killed, used to emphasise the great danger of an activity.

例句

Firefighters risk life and limb every time they enter a burning building to save people.

The climbers risked life and limb to reach the summit before the storm hit.