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
Stockton['stɔktən]
Pilarpee-LAHRSpanish
Golden['gəuldən]
KrystianKRIST-yahnPolish
ErjaER-yahFinnish
Mihael-Slovene, Croatian