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Hung on like grim death !!!
Hamish Have you heard about that amazing survival story ? It was on the news this morning.
Orlando No, the batteries in my radio are flat and I haven't had time to buy new ones yet. Tell me about it.
Hamish It was an Indonesian villager who was swept miles out to sea by the tsunami.
Orlando How could he possibly have survived ?
Hamish Well apparently he hung on like grim death to the branch of a tree for more than three days until he was rescued by a passing ship.
Orlando He must have had an incredible will to live. Many people would have just given up.
Explanation :
 
Hang/hold on like grim death - To hold on very tightly to something, despite great difficulty
 
Example : Darren always drives and I sit behind him, hanging on like grim death.
 
 

 

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