OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 52018

waste breath

Meanings (ES + gloss)
gastar saliva
To speak in a manner which is needless or futile; in discussion or argument to make points which are not appreciated or heeded.
Middleton and Paul saw no use in wasting their breath in remonstrances against this proposal.
Why waste breath saying self-evident things?
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