life and limb
Idiomatic translations of "life and limb"
Meanings of "life and limb"
Everything you have. Literally, your life and all your limbs.
Used in a context of risk - for example, "to risk life and limb."
"life and limb" in lyrics
They are instruments of the wind
of the wind carrying them
risking life and limb
on the beaches at Barbate.
BLØF - Regret You Better Have Tomorrow
Don't do things in your head (head, head)
Life and limb you bring to the border
I know it is nice
Pink Floyd - The Fletcher Memorial Home
They'll be good girls and boys
in the Fletcher Memorial Home
for colonial wasters of life and limb.
The face of God that stands above
Pouring over Hope and Love
That all of might, and life, and limb
Could turn around and love again
Eloy (Germany) - The Apocalypse
Ethereal we are, the air we breathe
The storm that's stirring up all fire
I see, our life and limb will still
Not come to harm at the moment
Tanzwut - Brother Recklessness
Brother Recklessness laughs and shrieks,
he worms his way into your mind,
you almost lose life and limb[fn]"Kopf und Kragen" (Lit: "head and neck") is an idiomatic expression equivalent to "life and limb."[/fn]
you're going full in, you've gotta dare.
licenses and lies insisting
I have nicked shit but
I’ll fight life and limb to lift it
I know I might have the littlest voice