until you are blue in the face

until you are blue in the face
until/till/you are blue in the face informal phrase
used for saying that there is no use in trying to persuade someone to do something because you will not succeed

You can say ‘don’t do it’ until you’re blue in the face, but if kids want to do it, they will.

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