置之死地而后生用英语怎么翻译?

confront a person with the danger of death and he will fight to live或drive someone into a fatal position and he will come out alive或place somebody in a hopeless spot and he will survive以上参考了北外出版的《汉英词典》--------其实很多时候面对的并不是生和死。以下是我自己翻译的：drive someone to desperation and he will find inspiration 在很多并非涉及到生死之事的语境中,这个译文应该是可用的。