a matter of life and death

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   生死攸关的事；成败的关键

   used to describe a situation that is very important or serious

   It's a matter of life and death.

电影里这样说 · 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

在完整场景里学

• 奥本海默2023
  • 大师劝他离开剑桥：leaves a little to be desired（还稍欠火候）
  • 请他执掌研究院：the man for the job（非他莫属）
  • 火车上结识拉比：seek out（主动去寻找）
• 女友礼拜五1940
  • 前妻回编辑部辞行：gum up the works（把事搅黄）
  • 到报社提出辞职：hard feelings（记恨）
  • 约见未婚夫暗中试探：take the wind out of someone's sail（让人泄气）
• 日落大道1950
  • 收车人上门下通牒：there's gonna be fireworks（要闹翻天）
  • 向制片人推销剧本被拒：over a barrel（任人摆布）
  • 藏车躲债被当成殡仪员：a white elephant（大而无用的累赘）

同一词条的短语

• 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

习语频道里接下来

• 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