waste one's breath

Speak in vain (because no one agrees), as in Don't waste your breath complaining to the supervisor-it won't help. This notion was first recorded about 1400 as wasting words. The exact idiom was first recorded in 1667. Also see save one's breath.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Akakios	-	Greek, Ancient Greek
FÁBia	-	Portuguese
Ratomir	-	Serbian
Julia	JOO-lee-ə (English), YOO-lee-ah (German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish), HOO-lyah (Spanish), YUWL-yah (Polish), YOO-lee-yah (Russian), YOO:-lee-ah (Ancient Roman)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, An
Hristina	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian
Baghdasar	-	Armenian (Rare)