"my life dripped away between my hands" / "my life dripped away off my hands"?
To express life was gone drop by drop without realizing it until too late. Like small dripping in a broken sink.

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You can also say; "my life was ebbing away"

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Yes we know what it means. The expression is correct. You cannot say "off". Life is not on your hands, say it cannot drip off. It drips between the hands.

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