Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

to save one's life

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: to save one's life
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

At all. (Used with "can't", "couldn't" etc. to emphasize a lack of skill.)

Informal

phrase

Under any circumstances; [I'd] rather die than ... (Used with "will not", "would not" etc. to emphasize refusal.)

Informal

Example Sentences

"I can't dance to save my life."
"After she began to have a Governoress for Stuyvesant Jimpson and an Imported Nurse for the little Evelyn Jimpson her memory began to blur in spots and she couldn’t have done up the Dishes to save her life."
"She wouldn't eat baked beans to save her life."

Usage

Informal

Phrases

for dear life

Frequently Paired Words

for dear life

Synonyms

for the life of one even if one's life depended on it for toffee

Questions

What does to save one's life mean?: At all. (Used with "can't", "couldn't" etc. to emphasize a lack of skill.)

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