English-German translations for lifeboat

• Rettungsboot das
  Wir sind wie das Rettungsboot, das an der Titanic hängt. We are like the lifeboat that is attached to the Titanic.
  Die Forderung eines Zinssatzes wie dem, der von uns verlangt wird, kommt einem Mühlstein um den Hals eines Ertrinkenden gleich, während man das Rettungsboot nach ihm aussendet. Charging an interest rate like the one we are being charged is akin to tying a millstone around the neck of a drowning man while you are sending out the lifeboat to save him.

Definition of lifeboat

• A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship
• To rescue; to carry to safety

Related words

• lifebuoy
• lifebelt
• lifeblood
• lifeboatman