if life is cheap somewhere, people's lives have little value so if they die it is not important.

In the city, gunmen rule the streets and life is cheap.

• a new lease on life
• a New Man
• An eye for an eye.
• An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
• an eye-opener
• angle for
• angle for something
• an ice-breaker
• a nice little earner
• a night on the razzle
• a night on the tiles
• a night on the town
• a night out on the razzle
• a night out on the tiles
• a night out on the town
• a night owl
• an Indian summer
• a nine-day wonder
• an inside job
• a nip and a tuck
• a nip and tuck
• a nip in the air
• an iron fist in a velvet glove
• an iron hand in a velvet glove
• an iron man