dangerously

live dangerously

To lead a lifestyle characterized by taking risks. Sometimes used humorously to refer to a very mildly risky action. Most of the guys I know who live dangerously eventually get tired of life in the fast lane and end up settling down. A: "Extra hot sauce?" B: "Yeah, I like to live dangerously."
See also: dangerously, live
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

live dangerously

Take numerous risks, be daring, as in Bill never knows if he'll have enough money to pay the next month's rent-he likes to live dangerously . This expression figured in the work of such 19th-century German writers as Nietzsche, who regarded it as an admirable course of action. Today it is often used with mildly humorous effect, as in the example. [c. 1900]
See also: dangerously, live
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

live dangerously, to

To take risks; to be daring. This advice, given by the German poet Goethe in Faust and by the philosopher Nietzsche in numerous writings, was much touted through the first half of the twentieth century. Today it is more often used either critically or jocularly.
See also: live
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • (I) would if I could
  • as you do
  • (one's) lord and master
  • garbage person
  • as far as the eye can see
  • as far as the eye can/could see
  • believe it or not
  • bion
  • how the mighty are fallen
  • how the mighty have fallen
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