for the life of me



for the life of me

at all; even one little bit. (Used with a negative.) For the life of me, I can't figure this out. I can't for the life of me climb up a mountain.
See also: life, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ecaterina-Romanian
SigmundZEEK-muwnt (German), SIG-mənd (English)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Reuven-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Riku (2)ṙee-kooJapanese
BlaiseBLEZFrench
Soili-Finnish