a matter of life and death

釋義

1. 牛津電影裡 100%

   生死攸關的事；成敗的關鍵

   used to describe a situation that is very important or serious

   It's a matter of life and death.

電影裡這樣說 · 5 部

• It's a matter of life and death.Oppenheimer2023
• You tell Butch it's a matter of life and death?His Girl Friday1940
• And I thought it was a matter of life and death.Sunset Boulevard1950
• It's a matter of life and death.Scary Movie 22001
• It's a matter of life and death.The Sandlot1993
• Lt's not a matter of life or death, you know?The Three Musketeers2011
• Okay, I'm sorry, but my getting my inheritance is a matter of life or death.The Ultimate Gift2007
• Well, it's a matter of life after death. Now that he's dead, I have a life.Clue1985

在完整場景裡學

• 奧本海默2023
  • 大師勸他離開劍橋：leaves a little to be desired（還稍欠火候）
  • 請他執掌研究院：the man for the job（非他莫屬）
  • 火車上結識拉比：seek out（主動去尋找）
• 女友禮拜五1940
  • 前妻回編輯部辭行：gum up the works（把事攪黃）
  • 到報社提出辭職：hard feelings（記恨）
  • 約見未婚夫暗中試探：take the wind out of someone's sail（讓人洩氣）
• 日落大道1950
  • 收車人上門下通牒：there's gonna be fireworks（要鬧翻天）
  • 向製片人推銷劇本被拒：over a barrel（任人擺佈）
  • 藏車躲債被當成殯儀員：a white elephant（大而無用的累贅）

同一詞條的短語

• as a matter of fact
• be another different matter
• for that matter
• it's just a matter of time
• a matter of course
• a matter of hours, minutes
• a matter of record
• no matter
• no matter who, what, where
• the fact is
• be no laughing matter

習語頻道里接下來

• it's a free country
• come and go
• to bits
• for better or worse
• give the creeps
• come first
• have it your own way
• any moment
• come close
• in the circumstances
• in turn
• hit it off