for the life of you

Meaning

1. however hard you try

   I cannot for the life of me imagine why they want to leave.

In the movies · 309

• This life suits you.Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas2003
• and life as you know it will go on.Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
• Your life. Becoming you.Looper2012
• However it might not be the life that you wishJohn Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum2019
• That man is risking his life for you every snap!American Underdog2021
• And on your life, Doctor, you will cause no trouble down there.Doctor Who The Time of the Doctor2013
• You wouldn't want to scar a child for life, would you?The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus2009
• - I am risking my life for you. - Hmm.The Last Duel2021

Learn it in full scenes

• American Underdog2021
  • Kurt Warner's Impossible Dream
  • Kurt Learns to Dance for a Girl
  • Kurt Earns Brenda's Name

From the same entry

• be life
• bring to life
• come to life
• for dear life
• frighten the life out of
• full of beans
• get a life
• lay down your life
• lead the life of Riley
• life after death
• the life and soul of the party
• life is cheap