snatch (someone) from the jaws of death



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snatch (someone) from the jaws of death

To rescue someone at the last moment from near or certain death. Thankfully, the EMTs arrived to the crash in time to snatch the woman and her child from the jaws of death.
See also: death, jaw, of, snatch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dinisdee-NEES (Portuguese), jee-NEES (Brazilian Portuguese)Portuguese
Dominiquedo-mee-NEEKFrench
KasperKAHS-per (Polish, Swedish), KAHS-pər (Dutch)Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Helmine-German
Achinoam-Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Nevena-Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian