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waste one's breath
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Idioms and Phrases
Speak in vain (because no one agrees), as in Don't waste your breath complaining to the supervisor—it won't help . This notion was first recorded about 1400 as wasting words . The exact idiom was first recorded in 1667. Also see save one's breath .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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