hút chết

Một người đàn ông hút chết trong vụ tai nạn xe hơi.

Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To narrowly escape death: To be in a situation extremely close to death but to ultimately survive it. It emphasizes the extreme danger and the thin margin of survival.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Trong vụ tai nạn xe, anh ấy đã hút chết. (In the car accident, he narrowly escaped death.)
  • Người leo núi hút chết khi dây an toàn suýt đứt. (The climber narrowly escaped death when his safety rope almost broke.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used in past tense constructions to describe a harrowing, life-threatening experience that someone has lived through. It conveys a sense of retrospect and relief.

Variants and Related Words

• Thoát chết (v): to escape death.
  • Cô ấy thoát chết trong đám cháy. (She escaped death in the fire.)

Synonyms

• To have a brush with death: To experience a situation where one almost dies.
• To cheat death: To narrowly avoid dying.

Related Idioms

• Thoát nạn trong gang tấc: to escape disaster by a hair's breadth.
  • Họ thoát nạn trong gang tấc khi cây đổ xuống. (They escaped disaster by a hair's breadth when the tree fell.)