"life and limb" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "A reference to a person risking the loss of their life and injury to their limbs (arms and legs).",
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      "expansion": "life and limb pl (plural only)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "risk life and limb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Those kids are risking life and limb when they go inside that old abandoned house: it might collapse on their heads.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Existence together with the bodily faculties."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Existence",
          "existence"
        ],
        [
          "bodily",
          "bodily"
        ],
        [
          "faculties",
          "faculty"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "for life"
        },
        {
          "word": "for dear life"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "life and member"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "existence together with the bodily faculties",
          "word": "henki ja terveys"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "existence together with the bodily faculties",
          "word": "Leib und Leben"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "existence together with the bodily faculties",
          "word": "życie i zdrowie"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žiznʹ i zdoróvʹje",
          "sense": "existence together with the bodily faculties",
          "word": "жизнь и здоро́вье"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "existence together with the bodily faculties",
          "word": "liv och lem"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪf n̩ ˈlɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    },
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      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "life and limb"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "risk life and limb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A reference to a person risking the loss of their life and injury to their limbs (arms and legs).",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "for life"
    },
    {
      "word": "for dear life"
    }
  ],
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        "English coordinated pairs",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English pluralia tantum",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪm",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪm/3 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Those kids are risking life and limb when they go inside that old abandoned house: it might collapse on their heads.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Existence together with the bodily faculties."
      ],
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        [
          "Existence",
          "existence"
        ],
        [
          "bodily",
          "bodily"
        ],
        [
          "faculties",
          "faculty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "life and member"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    },
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "existence together with the bodily faculties",
      "word": "henki ja terveys"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "existence together with the bodily faculties",
      "word": "Leib und Leben"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "existence together with the bodily faculties",
      "word": "życie i zdrowie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žiznʹ i zdoróvʹje",
      "sense": "existence together with the bodily faculties",
      "word": "жизнь и здоро́вье"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "existence together with the bodily faculties",
      "word": "liv och lem"
    }
  ],
  "word": "life and limb"
}