to save one's life
The idiom "to save one's life" is often used humorously to emphasize a lack of skill or ability in performing a specific task.
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Definition
B2Informal
(hyperbolic)Used to stress that someone is very bad at doing something, often in a humorous way.
Example
- I can't sing to save my life.
- He couldn't fix a car to save his life.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "to save one's life":
fight for one's lifesave someone's skinrun for one's lifefor lifematter of life and deathwithin an inch of one's life