don't hold your breath

短语

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发音

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释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Don't wait. Said cynically to suggest that what has just been mentioned is unlikely to happen soon or at all.

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    习语

    - The government says it's going to introduce free meals for all schoolchildren. - Huh, don't hold your breath.

词源

Suggesting that if one were to hold one's breath while waiting for the expected event, one would die before it happened

来源：wiktionary