all one's life's worth

短语

发音

AU

别名

all one's life is worth all that one's life is worth all that one's life's worth

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A momentous matter; a very serious risk; a difficult task or situation.

    习语

    "It's all one's life is worth to board one of these confounded cable-cars."

    It is particularly bad out in front of the House Office Building between 5 and 7 o'clock in the evening. It is all your life is worth to get a cab then.