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a waste of breath waste your breath - to tell or ask someone something although this will have no effect. I could try and persuade her to stay, but it would probably be a waste of breath. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Thus they passed the minutes, each well knowing that this was only waste of breath, the one essential being simply to wait. To argue with her that this is nonsense is a waste of breath - her mind is made up, and arguments do not affect it. There were no words, for they would have been a waste of breath. |
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