dice with death

dice with death
To do or perform an activity which is very risky, or dangerous, and could even cause ones death.

By now, I think everyone is aware that to drink and drive is to dice with death.


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  • dice with death — To take great risks • • • Main Entry: ↑dice * * * dice with death phrase to risk being killed by doing something very dangerous Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry: dice * * * take seri …   Useful english dictionary

  • dice with death — If you do something that is very dangerous, you are dicing with death …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • dice with death — ► dice with death take serious risks. Main Entry: ↑dice …   English terms dictionary

  • dice with death —    If you put your life at risk by doing something very dangerous, youdice with death.     Going mountain climbing alone is dicing with death …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • dice with death — to do something very dangerous. You re dicing with death driving at that sort of speed on icy roads. (often in continuous tenses) …   New idioms dictionary

  • Dice with death — act dangerously or take a risk …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • dice with death — Australian Slang act dangerously or take a risk …   English dialects glossary

  • dice with death — take serious risks. → have first dibs …   English new terms dictionary

  • dice with death — to risk being killed by doing something very dangerous …   English dictionary

  • dice — ► NOUN (pl. same; sing. also die) ▪ a small cube with faces bearing from one to six spots, used in games of chance. See also DIE(Cf. ↑die). ► VERB ▪ cut (food) into small cubes. ● dice with death Cf. ↑dice with death …   English terms dictionary

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