under the knife

Etymology


A reference to the situation of a patient lying on an operating table while a surgeon stands over them and operates using a surgical cutting tool (typically a scalpel).

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  Chiefly preceded by a form of go: undergoing a surgical procedure; into surgery.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: under kniven
 * Dutch: onder het mes
 * Finnish: leikkaukseen
 * French:, sur le billard
 * German: unters Messer, unter dem Messer
 * Irish: faoi scian
 * Italian: sotto i ferri
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: under kniven
 * Spanish: bajo el cuchillo
 * Swedish: under kniven
 * Welsh: dan y gyllell