for the life of one en · ADP
Meanings
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(colloquial, qualifier:only with a negative) Even if one's (own) life depended on it; at all.
Not for the life of him could he remember it.
[…]Peyró can’t for the life of him fathom why “it’s had less success abroad than Ringo Starr’s solo career”.
2020 April 9, Sam Jones, “Spanish writer spills beans on UK's saucy secrets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:For the life of me, I can't remember the name of that song.
They were unable, for the life of them, to remember.
Relateds
like one's life depended on it
Synonyms
even if one's life depended on it · for sour apples · to save one's life · for beans · for toffee
Translations (16)
es por su vida (if my life depended on it) · es por más que intente (if my life depended on it) · gd ged a mharbhadh tu mi, chan urrainn do (if my life depended on it) · ru хоть убе́й (if my life depended on it) · de im Leben (if my life depended on it) · pt nem se sua vida dependesse disso (if my life depended on it) · pl za Boga (if my life depended on it) · pt pela sua vida (if my life depended on it) · fr même si sa vie en dépendait (if my life depended on it) · fi kuolemakseen (if my life depended on it) · cmn 怎麼也 /怎么也 (if my life depended on it) · pl za skarby świata (if my life depended on it) · pt de jeito nenhum (if my life depended on it) · cmn 無論如何 /无论如何 (if my life depended on it) · pt por nada (if my life depended on it) · ga beo (if my life depended on it)