In unfavourable sense: To spend, consume, employ uselessly or without adequate result. (Now the most… to waste words, to waste breath, †to waste wind…
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释义 | the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain > speak in vain (3) to waste breathc1540 In unfavourable sense: To spend, consume, employ uselessly or without adequate result. (Now the most… to waste words, to waste breath, †to waste wind… to waste (one's) breath1572 to waste (one's) breath and variants: to speak without bringing about any worthwhile result; to speak or argue pointlessly. Now frequently in don't wa… to talk to a brick wall1873 to talk to a brick wall: to engage in a futile effort to persuade, influence, or reason with a resistant or unresponsive interlocutor. Also in… |
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