SAVE ONE'S BREATH

Meaning of SAVE ONE'S BREATH in English

v. phr. , informal To keep silent because talking will not help; not talk because it will do no good. Save your breath; the boss will never give you the day off.

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SAVE ONE'S BREATH — not bother to say something pointless. → save
Concise Oxford English vocab
SAVE ONE'S BREATH — {v. phr.}, {informal} To keep silent because talking will not help; not talk because it will do no good. * …
Slang English vocab
SAVE ONE'S BREATH — {v. phr.}, {informal} To keep silent because talking will not help; not talk because it will do no good. * …
Словарь английских идиом
SAVE ONE`S BREATH — remain silent because talking will do no good You may as well save your breath and not talk to her …
English Idioms vocab
SAVE ONE'S BREATH — промолчать, не тратить лишних слов
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SAVE ONE'S BREATH — промолчать, не тратить лишних слов
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SAVE ONE'S BREATH — не тратить лишних слов, промолчать
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SAVE ONE'S BREATH — не тратить лишних слов, промолчать
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SAVE ONE'S BREATH — промолчать, не тратить лишних слов
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SAVE ONE'S BREATH — промолчать, не тратить лишних слов
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SAVE ONE'S BREATH — промолчать, не тратить лишних слов
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAVE — I. ˈsāv verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English saven, from Old French sauver, salver, from Late Latin salvare, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREATH — ˈbreth noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English breeth, breth, from Old English brǣth; akin to Old High German brādam …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAVE — save 1 — savable, saveable , adj. — savableness, saveableness , n. — saver , n. /sayv/ , v. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BREATH — /breth/ , n. 1. the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration. 2. respiration, esp. as necessary to life. 3. life; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SAVE — I. ˈsāv verb ( saved ; sav·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French salver, from Late Latin salvare, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BREATH — noun Etymology: Middle English breth, from Old English brǣth; akin to Old High German brādam breath, and perhaps to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SAVE — conj except; unless. 2. save ·noun the herb sage, or salvia. 3. save ·adj to hold possession or use of; …
Webster English vocab
BREATH — noun time to breathe; respite; pause. 2. breath ·noun fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume. 3. breath ·noun the power of respiration, …
Webster English vocab
SAVE — [save] vb saved ; sav.ing [ME, fr. OF salver, fr. LL salvare, fr. L salvus safe--more at safe] vt (13c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BREATH — [breath] n [ME breth, fr. OE braeth; akin to OHG bradam breath, and perh. to OE beorma yeast--more at barm] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SAVE — / seɪv; NAmE / verb , noun , preposition , conjunction ■ verb KEEP SAFE 1. [ vn ] save …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREATH — / breθ; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] the air that you take into your lungs and send out …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAVE — I. save 1 S1 W1 /seɪv/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ save , ↑ saver , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BREATH
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SAVE — prep. & conj. archaic or poet. --prep. except; but (all save him). --conj. (often foll. by for) unless; but; except …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SAVE — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (often foll. by from) rescue, preserve, protect, or deliver from danger, harm, discredit, etc. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BREATH — n. 1 a the air taken into or expelled from the lungs. b one respiration of air. c an exhalation …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SAVE — prep. & conj. archaic or poet. prep. except; but (all save him). conj. (often foll. by for) unless; but; except …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SAVE — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by from) rescue, preserve, protect, or deliver from danger, harm, discredit, etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BREATH — n. 1 a the air taken into or expelled from the lungs. b one respiration of air. c an exhalation …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SAVE — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. tr. (often foll. by from) rescue, preserve, protect, or deliver from danger, harm, discredit, …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
BREATH — n.1 a the air taken into or expelled from the lungs. b one respiration of air. c an exhalation of …
Oxford English vocab
SAVE — ( saves, saving, saved) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREATH — ( breaths) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your breath is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAVE — (~s, saving, ~d) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SAVE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be saved from extinction ▪ There are hopes that the animals have now been …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BREATH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a breath of air ▪ I went outside for a breath of air. a breath …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAVE — (KEEP) [verb] - to keep (something, esp. money) for use in the futureI've been saving for almost a year and …
Cambridge English vocab
BREATH — [noun] - the air that you take into and let out of your lungsAfter running I didn't have any breath …
Cambridge English vocab
SAVE — Synonyms and related words : abet, abstain, accumulate, aid, amass, anticipate, aside from, assist, avail, avert, backlog, bail out, bar, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREATH — Synonyms and related words : Aqua-Lung, a breath, afterdamp, amaze, anima, anima humana, animating force, aroma, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREATH — See: CATCH ONE'S BREATH, DRAW A LONG BREATH or TAKE A LONG BREATH, HOLD ONE'S BREATH, IN THE SAME BREATH, …
Slang English vocab
SAVE — I. noun in football/soccer, hockey, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ brilliant , excellent , fine , good , great , magnificent , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SAVE — INDEX: save money 1. to save money 2. to have money you have saved 3. the money you have saved …
Longman Activator English vocab
BREATH — See ↑ BREATHE 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be wasting your breath • ↑ breathless/out of breath • ↑ get your …
Longman Activator English vocab
SAVE — n. 25B6; verb the captain was saved by his crew : RESCUE, come to someone's rescue, save someone's life; set …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREATH — n. 25B6; noun I took a deep breath : INHALATION, inspiration, gulp of air; exhalation, expiration; Medicine respiration. I had …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SAVE — < editor , programming , storage > To copy data to a more permanent form of storage. The term is …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
BREATH — n. 1 gust, zephyr, breeze, puff, whiff, stirring, stir There wasn't a breath of air in the tent 2 hint, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BREATH — See: CATCH ONE'S BREATH, DRAW A LONG BREATH or TAKE A LONG BREATH, HOLD ONE'S BREATH, IN THE SAME BREATH, …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SAVE — 1. гл. 1) спасать to save smb.'s life ≈ спасать жизнь (кому-л.) to save smb. from drowning ≈ спасать утопающего …
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American Idioms English vocabulary

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