matter of life and death

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16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: assumpte de vida o mort — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• Catalan: qüestió de vida o mort — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• Dutch: kwestie van leven of dood — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• Finnish: elämän ja kuoleman kysymys — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• Finnish: kysymys elämästä ja kuolemasta — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• French: question de vie ou de mort — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• French: affaire de vie ou de mort — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• German: Existenzfrage — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• Japanese: 死活問題 (shikatsumondai) — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• Japanese: 生死にかかわる問題 (seishi ni kakawaru mondai) — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• Japanese: 命にかかわる問題 (inochi ni kakawaru mondai) — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• Korean: 생사존망 (saengsajonmang) — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• Polish: sprawa życia i śmierci — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• Portuguese: questão de vida ou morte — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• Russian: вопро́с жи́зни и сме́рти (voprós žízni i smérti) — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
• Spanish: asunto de vida o muerte — Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death