- can't for the life of me
- if you say you can't for the life of you remember something, you mean that you cannot remember it at all.
I know I filed it somewhere but I can't for the life of me remember where.
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for the life of one — {adv.}, {informal} No matter how hard you try. Used for emphasis with negative statements. * /I can t for the life of me remember his name./ … Dictionary of American idioms
for the life of one — {adv.}, {informal} No matter how hard you try. Used for emphasis with negative statements. * /I can t for the life of me remember his name./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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For my life — For For, prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f[ u]r, Icel. fyrir, Sw. f[ o]r, Dan. for, adv. f[ o]r, Goth. fa[ u]r, fa[ u]ra, L. pro, Gr. ?, Skr. pra . [root] 202. Cf. {Fore}, {First},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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