jugarse la vida

(v.) = play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb, bet + Posesivo + life

Ex. People who buy foods from roadside vendors or caterers that do not have health permits 'are playing Russian roulette'.

Ex. Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.

Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

Ex. He bet his life that he would be found innocent because he believed there was insufficent eyewitness accounts that would render a shadow of a doubt.

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(v.) = play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb, bet + Posesivo + life

Ex: People who buy foods from roadside vendors or caterers that do not have health permits 'are playing Russian roulette'.

Ex: Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.

Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

Ex: He bet his life that he would be found innocent because he believed there was insufficent eyewitness accounts that would render a shadow of a doubt.