nine lives

What one is said to have after surviving despite a near encounter with death or disaster. From the common myth that cats have nine lives. I can't believe he survived after his parachute didn't open! He must have nine lives or something. It seems as though the CEO has nine lives, as her company has faced near ruin several times but has managed to remain standing after all these years.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Richard	RICH-ərd (English), ree-SHAHR (French), RIKH-ahrt (German)	English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
EleonÓRa	-	Hungarian
Nadir	-	Arabic
Valdas	-	Lithuanian
Oliver	AHL-ə-vər (English), AW-lee-ver (German), O-lee-ver (Finnish)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Czech
Ernie	UR-nee	English