to save one's life

== English == === Phrase === to save one's life (informal) At all. (Used with "can't", "couldn't" etc. to emphasize a lack of skill.) Synonyms: for the life of one, even if one's life depended on it, for toffee I can't dance to save my life. (informal, hyperbolic) Under any circumstances; [I'd] rather die than ... (Used with "will not", "would not" etc. to emphasize refusal.) She wouldn't eat baked beans to save her life. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ====