all one's life's worth

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all one's life's worth

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

  1. idiomatic A momentous matter; a very serious risk; a difficult task or situation. Many of its streets are cavern-like, for they run under the houses. . . . There is no regularity of style about them, and it is all one's life is worth to try to find the way among them without a guide and a torch.

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@misc{all_one_s_life_s_worth_2026,
  title = {all one's life's worth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/all%20one's%20life's%20worth},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}