WASTE ONE'S BREATH

Meaning of WASTE ONE'S BREATH in English

talk to the wall, talk in vain

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

WASTE ONE'S BREATH — phrasal to accomplish nothing by speaking
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — phrasal : to speak without result : accomplish nothing by speaking
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — : to accomplish nothing by speaking
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — to accomplish nothing by speaking
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — talk or give advice without effect. → breath
Concise Oxford English vocab
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — {v. phr.} To speak or to argue with no result; do nothing by talking. * /The teacher saw that she …
Slang English vocab
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — {v. phr.} To speak or to argue with no result; do nothing by talking. * /The teacher saw that she …
Словарь английских идиом
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — v. phr. To speak or to argue with no result; do nothing by talking. The teacher saw that she was …
American Idioms English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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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
WASTE — — wastable , adj. — wasteless , adj. /wayst/ , v. , wasted, wasting , n. , adj. v.t. 1. …
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
WASTE — I. ˈwāst noun Etymology: Middle English waste, wast; in sense 1, from Anglo-French wast, from wast, gast, guast, adjective, desolate, …
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
WASTE — adj lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous. 2. waste ·v old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant …
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
WASTE — [waste] n [ME waste, wast; in sense 1, fr. ONF wast, fr. wast, adj., desolate, waste, fr. L vastus; in …
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
WASTE — / weɪst; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb [ vn ] NOT USE WELL 1. waste sth …
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
WASTE — I. waste 1 S2 W3 /weɪst/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ wastage , ↑ waste , …
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
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASTE — v., adj., & n. --v. 1 tr. use to no purpose or for inadequate result or extravagantly (waste time). 2 …
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
WASTE — v., adj., & n. v. 1 tr. use to no purpose or for inadequate result or extravagantly (waste time). 2 …
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
WASTE — v., adj., & n. --v. 1. tr. use to no purpose or for inadequate result or extravagantly (waste time). 2 …
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
WASTE — ( wastes, wasting, wasted) 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
WASTE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rubbish/waste bin ▪ The rubbish bin is full. a waste pipe ▪ What’s …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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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
WASTE — (UNWANTED MATTER) [noun] - unwanted matter or material of any type, often that which is left after useful substances or …
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
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
WASTE — INDEX: 1. to waste something 2. something that wastes time, money etc RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ SAVE to spend a …
Longman Activator English vocab
BREATH — See ↑ BREATHE 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be wasting your breath • ↑ breathless/out of breath • ↑ get your …
Longman Activator English vocab
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
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
WASTE — 1. сущ. 1) растрачивание, расточительство; излишняя или ненужная трата a terrible waste of time and money ≈ большая трата времени …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREATH — сущ. 1) дыхание; вздох below/under one's breath ≈ тихо, шепотом to bate one's breath ≈ затаить дыхание to catch, hold …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASTE — waste.ogg 1. weıst n 1. растрачивание, ненужная или излишняя трата; расточительство waste of time - напрасная трата времени waste of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ONE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREATH — breath.ogg breθ n 1. 1> дыхание second breath - а) спорт. второе дыхание; б) новый прилив энергии alternate breath - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WASTE — 1) отходы; мусор; отбросы 2) скрап, лом 3) горн. пустая порода 4) горн. выработанное пространство 5) лесн. обрезки 6) цел.-бум. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WASTE — 1) отходы; мусор; отбросы 2) скрап, лом 3) горн. пустая порода 4) горн. выработанное пространство 5) лесн. обрезки 6) цел.-бум. срыв бумаги 7) сточные воды (промышленные …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
ONE — one числ. колич.1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BREATH — breath сущ.1) дыхание; вздох below/under one's breath — тихо, шепотом to bate one's breath — затаить дыхание to catch, hold …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WASTE — 1. weıst n 1. растрачивание, ненужная или излишняя трата; расточительство waste of time - напрасная трата времени waste of fuel …
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