You didn't have a right to gamble with his life.
He was gambling with the girl's life, but she had infuriated him and deserved to take her chance.
If she granted it, she would be gambling with her life.
He could gamble with his own life, but not with everyone else's.
"Doing anything but calling an ambulance is gambling with her life, and we don't have that right."
You see, I gamble with my own life, too.
You may not be their intended target, but they're quite willing to gamble with your life.
I'm willing to gamble with my life, but not yours.
I just stood there in the street, gambling with my life that the guy wouldn't shoot in public.
To both save and escape her home, she would gamble with her life.
Idiome