What does for the life of one mean?

for the life of one

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.75 in modern English

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"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."
"[…]Peyró can’t for the life of him fathom why “it’s had less success abroad than Ringo Starr’s solo career”."

like one's life depended on it

like one's life depended on it

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