life saver

life saver

Someone or something that provides crucial help in a difficult situation. The term is almost always applied to situations that are not literally life-threatening. You're a real life-saver for coming over and fixing my flat tire. The knife I brought on the camping trip turned out to be a life saver when we realized we had forgotten a can opener.
See also: life
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • être
  • literally
  • beat the pants off
  • beat the pants off (of) (someone)
  • beat the pants off someone
  • beat the socks off (of) (someone)
  • explode with
  • explode with (something)
  • bat (one's) eyes
References in periodicals archive
There are just two days left to nominate for a Life Savers Award unsung heroes in the North-East who have helped make a difference to life.
The final touch is to either glue or Fun-Tac a life saver onto the bottom of the egg to support it.
4) Ask for the student with the green Life Saver to stand and read the list of signatures on his or her envelope.
White, for example, remains skeptical of the Life Saver hypothesis.
Our two top life saver stories go before a national judging panel.
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PSNI Inspector Mervyn Elliott hailed the rescuer as a life saver.
We live in the age of the iPod, but this little gadget could be a little life saver.
Children have referred to this display as the electric Life Saver effect.
Nominations for the life saver award will still be accepted up to June 25 and forms can be obtained by calling 0870902 3333, or visiting the website www.vodaphone.co.uk/lifesavers
Many children have seen similar flashes when rubbing together pieces of hard candy or while watching an open-mouthed companion crunching a wintergreen Life Saver in the dark.
The person making a winning nomination and the life saver, or savers if it is a crew, they nominate will each receive a Vodafone live!
Stephen Kilby and Stuart Baker were recommended for the National Life Saver Awards after rescuing a man who had fallen into a lime bunker.
F2 Logistics whip Generika-Ayala in PSL All-Filipino opener !-- -- Luisa Morales (Philstar.com) - June 15, 2019 - 4:15pm SAN JUAN, Philippines The F2 Logistics Cargo Movers made quick work of the Generika-Ayala Life Savers in their PSL All-Filipino Conference opener, 25-12, 25-21, 25-17, at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan on Saturday.
Air-conditioners and other cooling machines no doubt are serving as life savers in summers but we also cannot forget the huge bills they cost us and utterly drain our wallet.