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
Erdmann	ERD-mahn	German
TÜLay	tuy-LIE	Turkish
Alister	-	Scottish
Manahem	-	Biblical Latin
Leopoldo	le-o-POL-do (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
AlaattİN	-	Turkish