for the life of one

== English == === Prepositional phrase === for the life of one (colloquial, only with a negative) Even if one's (own) life depended on it; at all. Synonyms: for toffee, for sour apples, for beans, to save one's life, even if one's life depended on it 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 ==== ==== See also ==== like one's life depended on it