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单词 don't hold your breath
释义
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don't hold your breath

humorous

said in order to tell someone that an event is not likely to happen:

She said she might finish by this afternoon but don't hold your breath.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Impossible and improbable

  • apt
  • be out of the question idiom
  • beggar
  • beggar belief/description idiom
  • castle
  • dream
  • fat
  • goodbye to sth idiom
  • I should be so lucky! idiom
  • impossible
  • improbable
  • lucky
  • million
  • nailing jelly to the wall idiom
  • no way idiom
  • snowball
  • there's no danger of that! idiom
  • unlikely
  • untenable
  • you should be so lucky! idiom

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don't hold your breath

informal

used to tell someone not to expect something to happen for a very long time:

She said she'd get back to us, but don't hold your breath!

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Planning, expecting and arranging

  • accidentally
  • accidentally on purpose idiom
  • advertent
  • advisedly
  • aim
  • aim at sth
  • calculate
  • chart
  • engineer
  • in the pipeline idiom
  • intend
  • intent
  • intention
  • intentional
  • promise
  • scheme
  • scientific
  • see sth coming idiom
  • set sth up
  • strategic

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