Idiom
all one's life's worth
Meaning
A momentous matter; a very serious risk; a difficult task or situation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He felt like the project was all his life's worth.”
“After years of hard work, the scientist treated this final experiment as all his life's worth.”
“The artist poured every ounce of her spirit into the sculpture, treating the creation as all her life's worth.”
Examples
simple
“He felt like the project was all his life's worth.”
contextual
“After years of hard work, the scientist treated this final experiment as all his life's worth.”
complex
“The artist poured every ounce of her spirit into the sculpture, treating the creation as all her life's worth.”
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