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119 Don't Hold Your Breath (Idiom)

119 Don't Hold Your Breath (Idiom)

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D'ont hold your breath explained, with examples.

Learn what the idiom “Don't hold your breath” means.
It is a humerous way of saying, this will never happen. Why humerous, because try to hold your breath, how long can you hold your breath? Well, if you hold your breath, you will certainly die. So don't hold your breath. It tends to be used sarcastically and the speaker is expressing skepticism

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