live through



live through something

to endure something; to survive an unpleasant or dangerous time of one's life. I almost did not live through the operation. I know I can't live through another attack.
See also: live

live through

Endure, survive. This idiom is used both seriously, as in Those who have lived through a depression never forget what it was like, or hyperbolically, as in That speech was endless-I thought I'd never live through it.
See also: live

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kulap-Thai
Delia (1)DEEL-ee-ə (English), DEEL-yə (English), DEL-yah (Italian, Spanish)English, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Greek Mythology
Sa'adat-Arabic
Irenaee-RE-nah (Polish), ee-RAY-nah (Dutch)Polish, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Dutch, Lithuanian
Rawiya-Arabic
NermİN-Turkish