waste+breath

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• 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 breath — v. achieve or accomplish nothing by speaking …   English contemporary 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 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 your breath — see ↑breath • • • Main Entry: ↑waste * * * waste your ˈbreath idiom to say sth that nobody takes any notice of Main entry: ↑wasteidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• Breath of Fire III — Developer(s) Capcom Publisher(s) …   Wikipedia

• 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 — [ breθ ] noun count or uncount *** the air that goes in and out of your body through your nose or mouth: He could feel her warm breath on his face. His breath smelled strongly of alcohol. a. the act of getting air into your lungs by breathing:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Breath (play) — Breath is a notably short stage work by Samuel Beckett. An altered version was first included in Kenneth Tynan s revue Oh! Calcutta! , at the Eden Theatre in New York City on June 16, 1969. The UK premiere was at the Close Theatre Club in Glasgow …   Wikipedia