英语词组waste one's breath是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

waste one's breath

Theme: BREATH

to waste one's time talking; to talk in vain. (Informal.)

Don't waste your breath talking to her. She wont listen.You can't persuade me. You're just wasting your breath.

waste (one's) breath

To talk of, discuss, or say things that are likely to be ignored or are in vain. Don't bother trying to change my mind about this, you're wasting your breath! It looks like I wasted my breath trying to pitch my idea to the board of directors.

waste one's breath

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.

waste one's breath, to

To talk in vain, because no one will listen. The idea that breath is something that can be saved or wasted dates from the sixteenth century (see also save your breath). Tennyson used the term in “In Memoriam” (1850): “I trust I have not wasted breath.”

词组	waste one's breath
释义	Idiom waste one's breath Theme: BREATH to waste one's time talking; to talk in vain. (Informal.) Don't waste your breath talking to her. She wont listen.You can't persuade me. You're just wasting your breath. waste (one's) breath To talk of, discuss, or say things that are likely to be ignored or are in vain. Don't bother trying to change my mind about this, you're wasting your breath! It looks like I wasted my breath trying to pitch my idea to the board of directors. waste one's breath 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. waste one's breath, to To talk in vain, because no one will listen. The idea that breath is something that can be saved or wasted dates from the sixteenth century (see also save your breath). Tennyson used the term in “In Memoriam” (1850): “I trust I have not wasted breath.”
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