save your breath

save your breath
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

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save your breath — see breath
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Main Entry:save

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save your ˈbreath idiom
(informal) used to tell sb that it is not worth wasting time and effort saying sth because it will not change anything

Save your breath— you'll never persuade her.

Main entry:saveidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • save your breath — save (your) breath to not say anything. She figured that they might as well save their breath her mind was made up …   New idioms dictionary

  • save your breath —    If you tell someone to save their breath, you are telling them not to waste their time speaking because their words will have no effect.     I ve already given him the same advice and he won t listen, so you might as well save your breath …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • save your breath — spoken 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 …   English dictionary

  • save your breath — it s not worth the effort, don t bother …   English contemporary dictionary

  • 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

  • save one's breath — {v. phr.}, {informal} To keep silent because talking will not help; not talk because it will do no good. * /Save your breath; the boss will never give you the day off./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • save one's breath — {v. phr.}, {informal} To keep silent because talking will not help; not talk because it will do no good. * /Save your breath; the boss will never give you the day off./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • 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

  • save breath — save (your) breath to not say anything. She figured that they might as well save their breath her mind was made up …   New idioms dictionary

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