under breath

Related to under breath: fall short, slink around, so much for

under (one's) breath

Spoken in such a soft, quiet voice that others cannot hear it distinctly. "You'll get what's coming to you one of these days," Janet muttered under her breath.

*under one's breath

Fig. [spoken] so softly that almost no one can hear it. (*Typically: curse ~; curse some-one or something ~; mutter ~; mutter something ~; say something ~.) John was muttering something under his breath, and I don't think it was very pleasant. I'm glad he said it under his breath. If he had said it out loud, it would have caused an argument.

词组	under breath
释义	under breath Related to under breath: fall short, slink around, so much for under (one's) breath Spoken in such a soft, quiet voice that others cannot hear it distinctly. "You'll get what's coming to you one of these days," Janet muttered under her breath. See also: breath Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. under one's breath Fig.* [spoken] so softly that almost no one can hear it. (Typically: curse ~; curse* some-one or something ~; mutter ~; mutter something ~; say something ~.) John was muttering something under his breath, and I don't think it was very pleasant. I'm glad he said it under his breath. If he had said it out loud, it would have caused an argument. See also: breath McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: under (one's) breath under one's breath under your breath curse (someone) under (one's) breath mutter mutter (something) under (one's) breath with every (other) breath with every breath that will do below (one's) breath
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