1 to die

2 impassable

3 uncrossable

4 inflexible

5 rigid

6 extremely

7 damned

1 conservative

2 to guard

3 to keep

1 to abide by

2 to keep (promises etc)

1 to freeze to death

2 to die off in winter

1 half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)

2 (tired) to death

3 (terrified) out of one's wits

4 (beaten) to within an inch of one's life

5 (knock) the daylights out of sb

1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)

2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal

3 to keep going while some hope is left

1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)

2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle

3 it's either him or me

1 to act recklessly (idiom)

1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)

2 there's more than one way to skin a cat

1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape

2 new lease of life