be fighting for life

be fighting for your life

1. to be so ill or injured that you might die One of the passengers was fighting for her life last night after receiving multiple injuries in the collision.

2. if an organization or system is fighting for its life, people are trying very hard to prevent it from being defeated or destroyed With debts of over $2 million dollars, the corporation is fighting for its life.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yesenia	-	Spanish (Latin American)
Olivia	ə-LIV-ee-ə (English), o-LEE-vyah (Italian, Spanish), o-LEE-vee-ah (German), O-lee-vee-ah (Finnish)	English, Italian, Spanish, German, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Vanessa	və-NES-ə (English)	English, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch
Tighearnach	TEER-nakh	Irish
Jacinto	hah-THEEN-to (Spanish), hah-SEEN-to (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Sharmaine	shahr-MAYN	English (Rare)