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
Monta	-	Latvian
Edvin	ED-vin (Swedish), ED-veen (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian
Neo (2)	-	Various
Isolde	i-ZOL-də (English), i-SOL-də (English), ee-ZAWL-du (German)	English (Rare), German, Arthurian Romance
Stipan	-	Croatian
Midori	mee-do-ṙee	Japanese