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
Slavomir	-	Croatian, Serbian, Medieval Slavic
Mcmillan	[mək'milən]
Austen	[ɔ'stin]
Midge	MIJ	English (Rare)
Rustam	-	Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Tajik
Li (1)	-	Chinese