can't (do something) to save (your) life

informal

if you say that someone can't do something to save their life, you mean that they are extremely bad at that thing.

I can't draw to save my life.

• goes for
• goes for someone else
• goes for something else
• goes to show
• goes to show you
• go fall like ninepins
• go figure
• Go fly a kite!
• go for broke
• go for the jugular
• go from bad to worse
• go from rags to riches
• go from strength to strength
• go full circle
• go-getter
• goggle-box
• go great guns
• go hand in hand
• go haywire
• go head to head
• go hell for leather
• go hog wild
• go hot and cold
• go hot and cold all over
• go in circles