waste your breath

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to say sth that nobody takes any notice of

   Why are you wasting your breath, Brockman?

   You're wasting your breath, and that's no great loss.

In the movies · 3

• Why are you wasting your breath, Brockman?Whatever Works2009
• You're wasting your breath, and that's no great loss.Monkey Business1931
• Just remember, Coop, you are literally wasting your breath.Interstellar2014
• Adelane, don't waste your breath.Patch Adams1998
• You're wasting your breath.The Butterfly Effect2004
• - Stop screwing around! - You're wasting your breath.Thir13en Ghosts2001

Learn it in full scenes

• Whatever Works2009
  • Boris Breaks the Fourth Wall
  • Boris Panics and Jumps Out the Window
  • Boris Takes Melodie In
• Interstellar2014
  • The Ghost in Murph's Bookshelf
  • Cooper Stumbles Into Secret NASA
  • Cooper Says Goodbye to Murph

From the same entry

• waste not, want not
• waste away
• a waste of space
• lay waste

More idioms

• at sea
• right on
• nice work
• make do
• a level playing field
• a shoulder to cry on
• a thorn in flesh
• a walk of life
• be a tall order
• be in a jam
• be lost for words
• be out like a light