to save one's life

Phrase

informal excessive

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

Japanese Meaning

全然 (否定文で‘can’t’, ‘couldn’t’ などとともに用い、スキルや能力の欠如を強調する際に使われる) / 全く (同様に否定の強調として用いられる) / ちっとも (否定の文脈で‘全く〜ない’という意味合いで使われる)

At the talent show, he couldn't carry a tune to save one's life, but everyone cheered anyway.

そのタレントショーで彼はどうしても歌の音程を取れなかったが、それでも皆は拍手を送った。

Sense（1）

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

I can't dance to save my life.

Sense（2）

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

She wouldn't eat baked beans to save her life.