| 单词 | to save one's breath to cool one's porridge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto save (also keep, spare, etc.) one's breath to cool one's (also one's own) porridge P3. to save (also keep, spare, etc.) one's breath to cool one's (also one's own) porridge: to reserve one's advice, etc., for one's own use, to hold one's counsel; to keep quiet (cf. pottage n. Phrases). ΚΠ 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Wks. (1737) v. xxviii. 129 Spare your Breath to cool your Porridge. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 127 Hold your peace, sir,..and keep your ain breath to cool your ain porridge. 1924 G. B. Shaw St. Joan ii. 29 If you are going to say ‘Son of St Louis: gird on the sword of your ancestors, and lead us to the victory’ you may spare your breath to cool your porridge. 2004 Sunday Mail (Queensland) 27 June 147 Australia was always going to win those matches and the coaches may as well have saved their breath to cool the porridge. < as lemmas |
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