at stake | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)At issue,at risk.What isat stakein these next 20 minutes is the championship.Doesn't he realize that all of our lives areat stakehere too?c.1602,William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:I see my reputation isat stakeMy fame is shrewdly gored.1712(date written),[Joseph] Addison,Cato, a Tragedy.[…], London:[…]J[acob]Tonson,[…], published1713,→OCLC, Act V, scene i,page14:How,Lucia, wou’dst thou have me sink awayIn pleasing Dreams, and lose my self in Love,When ev’ry momentCato’s Life’sat Stake?1817(date written), [Jane Austen], chapter V, inPersuasion; published inNorthanger Abbey: And Persuasion.[…], volume(please specify |volume=III or IV), London:John Murray,[…], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818),→OCLC:[…]as I have a great deal moreat stakeon this point than anybody else can have, I think it rather unnecessary in you to be advising me.

Examples:

EN: My whole fortune is at stake.
ES: Toda mi fortuna está en juego.
EN: Freedom is at stake!
ES: La libertad está en juego!
EN: "You speak of trifles when Heaven itself is at stake."
ES: "Habláis de nimiedades estando el Cielo en juego."
EN: - Our reputation is at stake...
ES: - - Va nuestro renombre...
EN: In a case so serious as his, with a man's life at stake, the court cannot reasonably deny your request.
ES: En un caso tan serio como el suyo, con la vida de un hombre en juego, el tribunal no puede rechazar su petición.
EN: A life at stake.
ES: Una vida en juego.
EN: An empire is at stake.
ES: Un imperio está en juego.
EN: It was Jimmy's whole life's happiness that was at stake. And Spottswoode risked his own life for his boy.
ES: Toda la felicidad de Jimmie estaba en juego, y Spottswoode arriesgó su propia vida por su hijo.
EN: The power and the glory of my country were at stake.
ES: El poder y la gloria de mi país estaba en juego.
EN: The Bat will be connected with anything when half a million dollars is at stake.
ES: Con cualquier cosa que tenga que ver con medio millón de dólares.
EN: My happiness will be at stake, Rudolph:
ES: Mi felicidad estará en juego, Rudolph
EN: Darzac's life is at stake!
ES: ¡La vida de Darzac está en juego!
EN: A life is at stake.
ES: Una vida está en juego.
EN: You know what's at stake:
ES: Ya saben lo que está en juego:
EN: freedom is at stake shame on you if you haven't understood it yet
ES: Es la libertad lo que está en juego. Debería darte vergüenza no haberlo entendido aún.

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