for the life of you

for the life of you
for the life of (you) to any degree at all.

She couldn't pronounce it for the life of her.

For the life of me, I can't figure out why somebody would want to spend so much time watching TV.

Usage notes: usually used to emphasize negative statements, as in the examples

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