waste breath | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Tospeakin a manner which isneedlessorfutile; indiscussionorargumentto make points which are notappreciatedorheeded.1827,James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 24, inThe Prairie:Middleton and Paul saw no use inwastingtheirbreathin remonstrances against this proposal.1906,John Kendrick Bangs, chapter 1, inR. Holmes & Co.:Whywaste breathsaying self-evident things?2009May 19, “Akshay jealous of Sanjay's tattoos?”, inTimes of India, retrieved14 June 2009:"Please don'twasteyourbreathasking me ridiculous questions," he says.

Examples:

EN: You don't waste breath.
ES: No gastas saliva. Es un bien muy preciado.
EN: You waste breath, sir.
ES: Ni lo intente.
EN: Bill, don't waste breath.
ES: Bill, no gastes aliento.
ID: Bill, jangan buang-buang tenaga.
EN: Do not waste breath on the matter.
ES: No malgastes aliento en este asunto.
EN: Do not waste breath on flowery introductions.
ES: No gastes aliento en presentaciones floridas.
EN: If you think I'm standing in court to waste breath defending myself just to get stared at and spat at and insulted...
ES: Crees que voy a estar frente al tribunal para gastar saliva defendiéndome solo para que me miren y escupan e insulten...
EN: The Lord doesn't waste breath.
HI: प्रभु क्षमा करते नहीं थकते।
EN: Don't waste breath answering them.
HI: मत हवा देकर इन्हें शोला करो।
EN: - Do not waste breath on the matter.
ID: Tak perlu repot-repot.
EN: Why waste breath talking about it?
ID: Untuk apa buang-buang tenaga membicarakan itu?
EN: You doctors have all sorts of excuses. Don't waste breath on them.
ID: Kalian para dokter ini, yang keluar dari mulut kalian tidak tahu benar atau salah, jangan basa basi dengannya!

Note: the examples for non latin scripts have a high likelihood of mistakes, we do not own any of this data and it is sourced from Wiktionary, the NLLB database and Opensubtitles. Please help us improve this by contributing correct examples. We will be working to fix this issue over time however it is a bigger issue due to the the difficulties in dealing with non latin scripts and grammatical structures(non-romantic/european languages have lower resources as well ).