in the same breath

Meaning

1. immediately after saying sth that suggests the opposite intention or meaning

   He praised my work and in the same breath told me I would have to leave.

In the movies · 2

• What, all in the same breath?Mona Lisa1986
• I wanna be responsible for something that gets mentioned in the same breath as the Mona Lisa. Forever.Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022

Learn it in full scenes

• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022
  • The Puzzle Box Invitation
  • Miles Welcomes the Group to His Island
  • Miles's Disruption Dinner Speech

From the same entry

• a breath of air
• a breath of fresh air
• the breath of life to
• get your breath
• hold your breath
• his last breath
• out of breath
• say sth, speak, under your breath
• take breath away
• with bated breath
• catch your breath
• draw breath