for the life of one
English
Prepositional phrase
- (colloquial, only with a negative) Even if one's (own) life depended on it; at all.
- For the life of me, I can't remember the name of that song.
- Not for the life of him could he remember it.
- They were unable, for the life of them, to remember.
- Synonyms: for toffee, for sour apples, for beans, to save one's life
Translations
if my life depended on it
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