life and limb
Physical safety entirely
Life and limb refers to physical safety and bodily integrity, the most fundamental things a person can risk or lose.
The phrase appears almost exclusively in expressions about danger or protection: Firefighters risk life and limb every day.
To escape with life and limb is to survive uninjured.
The alliterative pairing gives it a slightly formal or dramatic quality.
- harmInjury or damage
- dangerExposure to harm
- hazardSource of potential harm
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- perilSerious threat of harm
battlefield · courage · death defying · self-preservation · survival · heroism · bodily harm · physical harm · bravery · risk · soldiering · threat · defense · loss · at stake · firefighting · policing · endurance
life and limbproperty
Something owned or inherent
convenience · comfort · possessions · minor inconvenience · worldly goods
life and limbsafety
Freedom from harm
security · protection · safe and sound · out of harm's way · unharmed
life, lively, limb, living, lifetime, livelihood, lifetimes, liveable