life buoy
A buoyant object that is used as a life-saving device by keeping a person afloatA buoyant object (most commonly torus-shaped) that is used as a life-saving device by keeping a person afloat.
» Florence was for me a life buoy in the sea of life.
Florenz war mir eine Rettungsboje im Meer des Lebens.
Флоренция была для меня спасательным кругом в море жизни.
Meaning
2 senses(UK)A buoyant object (most commonly torus-shaped) that is used as a life-saving device by keeping a person afloat.
(UK, figuratively)Something that rescues one from difficulties.
- a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material
Examples
1 sentencesFlorence was for me a life buoy in the sea of life.
ruФлоренция была для меня спасательным кругом в море жизни. — odexed
deFlorenz war mir eine Rettungsboje im Meer des Lebens. — Yorwba
Origin
From life + buoy.From life + buoy.
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