if (one's) life depended on it
if (one's) life depended on it
Under any circumstances; no matter what. (Used almost exclusively with a negative statement regarding something that one couldn't or wouldn't do.) No way am I going to karaoke night. I couldn't sing if my life depended on it! No thanks, I wouldn't see that film if my life depended on it.
See also: depend, if, life, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- sossled
- sing along
- sing down
- sing out
- pratt
- prat
- hang on for dear life
- hold on for dear life
- sing together
- sing up