all one's life's worth

Noun

 * 1)  A momentous matter; a very serious risk; a difficult task or situation.
 * 2) * 1907, George Jean Nathan and Henry Louis Mencken (eds.), The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, vol. 23, p. 23 (Google snippet view):
 * "It's all one's life is worth to board one of these confounded cable-cars."
 * 1) * 1962, District of Columbia Appropriations, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 217 (Google snippet view):
 * It is particularly bad out in front of the House Office Building between 5 and 7 o'clock in the evening. It is all your life is worth to get a cab then.
 * 1) * 1962, District of Columbia Appropriations, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 217 (Google snippet view):
 * It is particularly bad out in front of the House Office Building between 5 and 7 o'clock in the evening. It is all your life is worth to get a cab then.
 * It is particularly bad out in front of the House Office Building between 5 and 7 o'clock in the evening. It is all your life is worth to get a cab then.

Usage notes

 * Usually preceded by some form of "It is".

Translations

 * Finnish: elämän ja kuoleman kysymys