matter of life and death

The decision was heavily criticised by some staff with the doctors’ union, the BMA, calling it a "matter of life and death".

Mr Trickett, who was a shadow cabinet member during Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, said this winter will be "extremely difficult" for his constituents, "even be a matter of life and death", and accused energy companies of continuing "obscene profiteering".

Sometimes, AI really can be a matter of life and death.

In the most extreme cases, as in the most garlanded show of the year, politics are a matter of life and death.

Some of the warmest tributes to Biden came from those for whom U.S. support has literally been a matter of life and death.