se da de ceasul morții
Romanian
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to collide with one’s hour of death” (though the precise meaning of the verb da in this expression is hard to pinpoint).
Verb
edita se da de ceasul morții (third-person singular present dă de ceasul morții, past participle dat de ceasul morții) 1st conj.
- (idiomatic, often catenative) to expend desperate efforts for something