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I'm wasting my breath

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  • breath — W2S3 [breθ] n [: Old English; Origin: brAth] 1.) a) [U] the air that you send out of your lungs when you breathe ▪ Leo could smell the wine on her breath. ▪ Let your breath out slowly. ▪ He s got bad breath (=breath that smells unpleasant) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • breath — [[t]bre̱θ[/t]] ♦♦♦ breaths 1) N VAR: oft poss N Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant. I could smell the whisky on his breath... Smoking causes bad… …   English dictionary

  • waste one's breath — {v. phr.} To speak or to argue with no result; do nothing by talking. * /The teacher saw that she was wasting her breath; the children refused to believe her./ * /I know what I want. You re wasting your breath./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • waste one's breath — {v. phr.} To speak or to argue with no result; do nothing by talking. * /The teacher saw that she was wasting her breath; the children refused to believe her./ * /I know what I want. You re wasting your breath./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • waste\ one's\ breath — v. phr. To speak or to argue with no result; do nothing by talking. The teacher saw that she was wasting her breath; the children refused to believe her. I know what I want. You re wasting your breath …   Словарь американских идиом

  • waste your breath — waste (your) breath to say something that is likely to be ignored. You d be wasting your breath reporting it to the police because they don t look for stolen bikes, even expensive ones. Usage notes: often used in the form don t waste your breath …   New idioms dictionary

  • waste breath — waste (your) breath to say something that is likely to be ignored. You d be wasting your breath reporting it to the police because they don t look for stolen bikes, even expensive ones. Usage notes: often used in the form don t waste your breath …   New idioms dictionary

  • waste breath — verb To speak in a manner which is needless or futile; in discussion or argument to make points which are not appreciated or heeded. Middleton and Paul saw no use in wasting their breath in remonstrances against this proposal …   Wiktionary

  • waste one's breath — speak pointlessly without the desired results He is very stubborn and you are wasting your breath to try and argue with him …   Idioms and examples

  • save your breath — spoken phrase used for telling someone that it is useless to continue talking You can save your breath. There’s no way I’m coming with you. Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to stop talking or to be quietsynonym Main entry: save * * * save your… …   Useful english dictionary

  • save one's breath — To refrain from pointless talk • • • Main Entry: ↑breath * * * I stop wasting time in futile talk save your breath; I know all about it II [often in imperative] not bother to say something because it is pointless …   Useful english dictionary

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