stake your life on something

stake your life on something
used for saying that you are completely sure about something

I'd stake my life on his loyalty.


English dictionary. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • stake your life on something — phrase used for saying that you are completely sure about something I’d stake my life on his loyalty. Thesaurus: ways of saying you are suresynonym Main entry: stake …   Useful english dictionary

  • bet/stake your life on — ◇ If you would bet/stake your life on something, you are very sure that it will happen. “Will she keep her promise?” “I d bet/stake my life on it!” • • • Main Entry: ↑life …   Useful english dictionary

  • stake — stake1 [ steık ] noun ** 1. ) count a wooden or metal post with a pointed end that is used for supporting or marking something a ) the stake a thick wooden pole that someone was tied to and burned in the past as a punishment: be burned at the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stake — I UK [steɪk] / US noun Word forms stake : singular stake plural stakes ** 1) a) [countable] business the part of a business that you own because you have invested money in it stake in: They took a 40% stake in the company last year. a… …   English dictionary

  • life — or get a life [līf] n. pl. lives [ME < OE līf, akin to ON líf, life, Ger leib, body < IE base * leibh , to LIVE1] 1. that property or quality of plants and animals that distinguishes them from inorganic matter or dead organisms; specif.,… …   English World dictionary

  • stake — stake1 W3 [steık] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 at stake 2¦(company/business)¦ 3 have a stake in something 4¦(money risked)¦ 5 high stakes 6¦(pointed stick)¦ 7 the stake 8 in the popularity/fashion etc stakes 9 (be prepared to) go to the stake for/over something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • life — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fact of existence Nouns 1. life, vitality, existence, being, living, animation, this mortal coil; vital force, flame, or spark, biorhythm; respiration, breath [of life], lifeblood, life force,… …   English dictionary for students

  • One Life (No Angels song) — One Life Single by No Angels from the album Welcome to the Dance Released …   Wikipedia

  • This American Life — For the television adaptation of the same name, see This American Life (TV series). This American Life Other names Your Radio Playhouse Genre Radio short stories and essays …   Wikipedia

  • One Life to Live miscellaneous characters — The following are minor or recurring characters from the American soap opera One Life to Live. Contents 1 Kimberly Andrews 2 Nigel Bartholomew Smythe …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”