to save your life

to save your life
to save your life — see save, 1
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Main Entry:life
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to save your life
informal
◇ If you cannot do something to save your life, you are completely unable to do it.

She can't sing to save her life. [=she is a very bad singer]

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Main Entry:save

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • not be able to do something to save your life — spoken phrase to be very bad at doing something She couldn’t play the piano to save her life! Thesaurus: to be unable to do something wellsynonym Main entry: save * * * not be able to do sth to ˌsave your ˈlife …   Useful english dictionary

  • can't do something to save your life — can t (do something) to save (your) life informal if you say that someone can t do something to save their life, you mean that they are extremely bad at that thing. I can t draw to save my life …   New idioms dictionary

  • can't to save your life — can t (do something) to save (your) life informal if you say that someone can t do something to save their life, you mean that they are extremely bad at that thing. I can t draw to save my life …   New idioms dictionary

  • not be able to do something to save your life — spoken to be very bad at doing something She couldn t play the piano to save her life! …   English dictionary

  • save your bacon — save you from failure or disaster, save your skin    If the boat sinks, a life raft may save your bacon …   English idioms

  • Save Your Scissors — Infobox Single Name = Save Your Scissors Artist = City and Colour from Album = Sometimes Released = Format = CD Single Recorded = 2005 Genre = Alternative Length = 4:48 Label = Dine Alone Records Writer = Dallas Green Producer = Julius Butty and… …   Wikipedia

  • You Bet Your Life — infobox television show name = You Bet Your Life caption = format = Quiz show runtime = 30 minutes creator = John Guedel starring = Groucho Marx George Fenneman country = USA network = NBC first aired = October 5, 1950 last aired = September 21,… …   Wikipedia

  • life — W1S1 [laıf] n plural lives [laıvz] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time somebody is alive)¦ 2¦(state of being alive)¦ 3¦(way somebody lives)¦ 4¦(particular situation/job)¦ 5 social/personal/sex etc life 6¦(human existence)¦ 7¦(time when something exists/works)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • How to Save a Life (song) — Infobox Single Name = How to Save a Life Artist = The Fray from Album = How to Save a Life Released = July 4, 2006 Format = Digital download Recorded = 2004 Genre = Alternative rock, piano rock, ballad Length = 4:23 (album version)3:58 (single… …   Wikipedia

  • Time of Your Life (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Time of Your Life caption = format = Drama runtime = 60 minutes (with commercials) creator = Christopher Keyser Amy Lippman executive producer = Christopher Keyser Amy Lippman Mark B. Perry Ken Topolsky Michael… …   Wikipedia

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