置之死地 [ㄓˋ ㄓ ㄙˇ ㄉㄧˋ; zhi4 zhi1 si3 di4] to place sb on field of death to confront with mortal danger to give sb no way out with one's back to the wall looking death in the eye part of idiom 置之死地而後生 ◄ ►