you'll live
Meaning: Said to someone making a fuss over a small injury or setback.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “It's a paper cut; you'll live.”
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: A dry reassurance that the harm is not serious. It is common in spoken English from the 20th century.
Equivalents in other languages
- Russian: до свадьбы заживёт (do svad'by zazhivyot) — literally: by the wedding it will heal
More idioms — Body & Senses
- with an iron fist — With harsh, absolute control.
- all brawn and no brain — Physically strong but not clever.
- until one is blue in the face — For as long as one likes, with no result.
- take matters into one's own hands — To act oneself because others have failed to.
- all in one's head — Imagined rather than real, or a matter of attitude.
- stink to high heaven — To smell terrible; also, to seem very dishonest.
More English idioms
- a trump card — A decisive advantage kept in reserve.
- not turn a hair — To show no reaction at all.
- hide one's light under a bushel — To keep one's talents hidden.
- charity begins at home — One's first duty is to one's own family.
- two men and a dog — A very small crowd.
- has the cat got your tongue? — Said to someone who stays silent when they should speak.