una cuestión de vida o muerte

Ex: Find out why you need a second opinion, when to get a second opinion, and why it may be a matter of life and death.

está escribiendo la vida de Quevedo — he is writing the life o a life o a biography of Quevedo

• con vida — alive

escapar o salir con vida — to escape o come out alive

•en vida de, en vida de mi marido — when my husband was alive, during my husband's lifetime

¡en la o mi vida! — never (in all my life)!

• vida o muerte, una operación a vida o muerte — a life-or-death operation

• la otra vida — the next life

• perder la vida — to lose one's life

• de por vida — for life

• quitar la vida a algn — to take sb's life

• quitarse la vida — to take one's own life

• rehacer la vida — to start a new life

• sin vida — lifeless

• toda la vida, un amigo de toda la vida — a lifelong friend

• la vida airada — (=modo de vida) the criminal life; (=hampa) the underworld

• mujer de vida alegre — loose woman

• vida arrastrada — wretched life

• la vida cotidiana — everyday life

• doble vida — double life

llevar una doble vida — to lead o live a double life

• hacer vida marital — to live together (as man and wife)

• mala vida, echarse a la mala vida — to go astray

• coste de la vida — cost of living

• ganarse la vida — to earn o make one's living

se gana la vida haciendo traducciones — he earns o makes his living doing translations

• nivel de vida — standard of living

vida útil — (Com) lifespan; (Téc) useful life

pasar la vida a tragos — *to have a miserable life

lleno de vida — [ojos] lively; [persona] full of life

• dar vida a, la música le da vida a estas imágenes — the music brings these images to life

echarse a la vida — to go on the game *

hacer la vida — to be on the game *

140 personas perdieron la vida — (period) 140 people lost their lives (journ)

quitarse la vida — to take one's (own) life (frml)

eso le costó la vida — (period) that cost him his life

dieron la vida por la patria — they gave o sacrificed their lives for their country

en la/mi vida: en la or en mi vida he visto cosa igual! I've never seen anything like it in my life!; en la or mi vida haría una cosa así! I'd never dream of doing something like that!; hacerle la vida imposible a alguien to make somebody's life impossible; tener siete vidas — to have nine lives

hace or vive su vida — he gets on with o lives his own life

darse la gran vida — to live the life of Riley (colloq)

estar encantado de la vida — to be thrilled, to be over the moon (colloq)

estar/quedar loco de la vida — (CS fam) to be over the moon (colloq)

la vida y milagros de alguien — (CS fam) somebody's life story

pasar a mejor vida — (hum) persona to kick the bucket (colloq); traje/botas to bite the dust (colloq)

pegarse la vida padre — (fam) to live the life of Riley (colloq)

ganarse la vida — to earn one's o a living

buscarse la vida — (fam) to make a living

140 personas perdieron la vida — (period) 140 people lost their lives (journ)

quitarse la vida — to take one's (own) life (frml)

eso le costó la vida — (period) that cost him his life

dieron la vida por la patria — they gave o sacrificed their lives for their country

en la/mi vida: en la or en mi vida he visto cosa igual! I've never seen anything like it in my life!; en la or mi vida haría una cosa así! I'd never dream of doing something like that!; hacerle la vida imposible a alguien to make somebody's life impossible; tener siete vidas — to have nine lives

hace or vive su vida — he gets on with o lives his own life

darse la gran vida — to live the life of Riley (colloq)

estar encantado de la vida — to be thrilled, to be over the moon (colloq)

estar/quedar loco de la vida — (CS fam) to be over the moon (colloq)

la vida y milagros de alguien — (CS fam) somebody's life story

pasar a mejor vida — (hum) persona to kick the bucket (colloq); traje/botas to bite the dust (colloq)

pegarse la vida padre — (fam) to live the life of Riley (colloq)

ganarse la vida — to earn one's o a living

buscarse la vida — (fam) to make a living

Ex: We are comfortable with the things we know and can do because they give us a sense of control over our lives.

quedan algunas cuestiones por resolver — there are still a few matters o questions to be resolved

¡sigue gritando, la cuestión es no dejarme tranquilo! — iró * carry on shouting, don't mind me!

no sé por qué, pero la cuestión es que ahora soy más pobre — * I don't know why, but the fact is that I'm poorer now than I was

• cuestión de, una cuestión de honor — a matter of honour

todo es cuestión de proponérselo — it's all a matter o question of telling yourself you can do it

• en cuestión — in question

otra cuestión sería que or si estuviera enfermo — if he were ill, that would be another matter o a different matter altogether

tampoco es cuestión de enloquecernos — there's no need to get in a flap (colloq)

otra cuestión sería que or si estuviera enfermo — if he were ill, that would be another matter o a different matter altogether

tampoco es cuestión de enloquecernos — there's no need to get in a flap (colloq)

Ex: And also until Groome appeared, newcomers were a nullity as an active political force, exerting little influence in city affairs.

murió de muerte natural — he died a natural death o of natural causes

• una lucha a muerte — a fight to the death

• causar la muerte a algn — to kill sb, cause the death of sb

las heridas que le causaron la muerte — the injuries that killed him o caused his death

• encontrar la muerte — to die, meet one's death

• herido de muerte — fatally injured

• pena de muerte — death sentence

• estar a las puertas de la muerte — to be at death's door

• un susto de muerte — a terrible fright

la comida estaba de muerte — the meal was out of this world *

nos detuvimos en un pueblucho de mala muerte — we stopped in a grotty little town **

era un hotel de mala muerte — the hotel was a real dump **, the hotel was really grotty **

este trabajo es la muerte — this job is really hell *

este calor es la muerte — this heat is killing me *

esa noria es la muerte — that big wheel is amazing *

muerte súbita — (Med) sudden death; (Tenis) tie-break; (Golf) sudden death play-off; (Ftbl) sudden death

• dar muerte a algn — to kill sb

la muerte de las civilizaciones indígenas — the death o demise of native civilizations

me dio un susto de muerte — (fam) she scared the living daylights out of me (colloq), she scared me to death (colloq)

cada muerte de obispo — (AmL fam) once in a blue moon

de mala muerte — (fam) < pensión> grotty (colloq), cheesy (AmE colloq)

un pueblo de mala muerte — a dump (colloq), a really grotty place

ser de muerte lenta — (Ven fam) to be fantastic (colloq)

ser la muerte — (fam) ( ser atroz) to be hell o murder (colloq); ( ser estupendo) to be great o fantastic (colloq)

dar muerte a alguien — (frml) to kill somebody

me dio un susto de muerte — (fam) she scared the living daylights out of me (colloq), she scared me to death (colloq)

cada muerte de obispo — (AmL fam) once in a blue moon

de mala muerte — (fam) < pensión> grotty (colloq), cheesy (AmE colloq)

un pueblo de mala muerte — a dump (colloq), a really grotty place

ser de muerte lenta — (Ven fam) to be fantastic (colloq)

ser la muerte — (fam) ( ser atroz) to be hell o murder (colloq); ( ser estupendo) to be great o fantastic (colloq)

dar muerte a alguien — (frml) to kill somebody

Ex: The film parades a frenzy between an old woman being taken by the Reaper and being saved continuously by a playboy doctor with a team of pin-up nurses.

Ex: Typically, the additions to the name will fall within the following categories: title of nobility, title of honour, address, date of birth, and date of death.