matter of life and death

“On extreme heat days, access to air conditioning can be a matter of life and death, and they should have the option to use it,” she said.

For the placard-waving protesters, safeguarding the independence of Nabu and Sap was as crucial to their European future as the war against Russia was a matter of life and death for their country.

"Quite frankly, this could be a matter of life and death."

"It really is a matter of life and death," said Sam Smethers, chief executive of the charity Surviving Economic Abuse.

"It is a matter of life and death," she said.