Last Updated :2025/11/27

to save one's life

Phrase
informal excessive
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)
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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。

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

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to save one's life

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

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

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