Idiom
save one's breath
Meaning
To refrain from speech; to be quiet, especially where it would have no useful effect to speak.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Save your breath, he will not listen to you.”
“I tried to explain the rules to him, but I eventually realized I should save my breath.”
“Recognizing that the committee had already reached a firm decision, she chose to save her breath rather than argue a point they would surely ignore.”
Examples
simple
“Save your breath, he will not listen to you.”
contextual
“I tried to explain the rules to him, but I eventually realized I should save my breath.”
complex
“Recognizing that the committee had already reached a firm decision, she chose to save her breath rather than argue a point they would surely ignore.”
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