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单词 save your breath
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save your breath

informal

used to say that it is not worth talking to someone because they will not listen to you:

I don't know why I even try to talk to him - I might as well save my breath.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Falling silent and not speaking

  • bite
  • clam
  • gob
  • have nothing to say for yourself idiom
  • hear
  • hold
  • hold your tongue idiom
  • incommunicado
  • keep (yourself) to yourself
  • keep your mouth shut idiom
  • let sth rest idiom
  • lost
  • pipe down
  • radio silence
  • rest
  • silence
  • speak
  • speechless
  • uncommunicative
  • unsaid

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save your breath

to not say anything:

I don’t know why I bother trying to explain this to you – I might as well save my breath.
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