All (one's) life's worth In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "all (one's) life's worth", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Rachel Chau

2021-07-27 10:07

All (one's) life's worth phrase

If you describe a task or situation as all your life’s worth, it is very important, risky, or hard.

It was all his life’s worth to be clinging to the wheel arch of an airplane for 11 hours from Johannesburg to London.

It would be all your life’s worth to drive into that street at rush hour.

soften/cushion the blow

To make a difficult experience less serious; to make the situation better

When you experience extreme and undesirable situations, it is probably essential to take extreme actions

You cannot feel upset, angry or worried about something if you do not know about it.

keep the wolf from the door

Manage to earn enough money to buy food and other essential things

Come to the fore

To become important or obvious

Do you see anything wrong?

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perfect stranger

A person who is completely unknown or has no connection with you

Example:

The guy I talked to at the prom last night is a perfect stranger.

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