all one's life's worth

== English == === Alternative forms === all one's life is worth all that one's life is worth all that one's life's worth === Pronunciation === === Noun === all one's life's worth (idiomatic) A momentous matter; a very serious risk; a difficult task or situation. 1907, George Jean Nathan and Henry Louis Mencken (eds.), The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, vol. 23, p. 23 (Google snippet view): "It's all one's life is worth to board one of these confounded cable-cars." 1962, District of Columbia Appropriations, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 217 (Google snippet view): It is particularly bad out in front of the House Office Building between 5 and 7 o'clock in the evening. It is all your life is worth to get a cab then. ==== Usage notes ==== Usually preceded by some form of "It is". ==== Translations ====