for the life of one

English

Prepositional phrase

for the life of one

(colloquial, only with a negative) 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.

Translations

if my life depended on it

Chinese:
Mandarin: 無論如何 (zh), 无论如何 (zh) (wúlùnrúhé), 怎麼也, 怎么也 (zěnme yě)
Finnish: kuolemakseen
German: im Leben

Irish: beo (ga)
Russian: хоть убе́й (xotʹ ubéj)
Scottish Gaelic: ged a mharbhadh tu mi, chan urrainn do

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