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not a moment to breathe Idioma

breathe a sigh of relief

feel relieved after a time of worry When we saw the children were safe, we breathed a sigh of relief.

breathe down my neck

watch everything I do, follow me as I work It's difficult to work with him breathing down my neck.

breathe down one

follow closely, threaten from behind My boss has been breathing down my neck all day to try and get me to work harder.

breathe easy

relax, breathe slower, stop worrying "Mother said, ""I won't breathe easy until this plane is on the ground!"""

breathe one's last

to die The man finally breathed his last after a long illness.

breathe out

1．exhale；emit by breathing 呼气；呼出
He breathed out．他呼了口气。
He breathed out whisky fumes．他呼出一股威士忌酒气。
2．whisper 低声说出
He breathed out the secret．他低声地说出了这个秘密。
He breathed out their names just before he died．他临死前低声说出了他们的名字。

not breathe a word of

Idiom(s): not breathe a word of (sth)

Theme: SECRECY

not to tell something (to anyone).
• Don't worry. I wont breathe a word of it.
• Tom won't breathe a word.

not breathe a word about

Idiom(s): not breathe a word (about sb or sth)

Theme: SECRECY

to keep a secret about someone or something.
• Don't worry. I won't breathe a word about it.
• Please don't breathe a word about Bob and his problems.

hardly have time to breathe

Idiom(s): hardly have time to breathe

Theme: BUSY

to be very busy.
• This was such a busy day. I hardly had time to breathe.
• They made him work so hard that he hardly had time to breathe.

breathe down one's neck

Idiom(s): breathe down one's neck

Theme: MONITORING

to keep close watch on someone; to watch someone's activities. (Refers to standing very close behind a person.)
• I can't work with you breathing down my neck all the time. Go away.
• I will get through my life without your help. Stop breathing down my neck.

able to breathe calmly again

Idiom(s): able to breathe (easily) afresh AND able to breathe (freely) again

Theme: RELAXATION

able to relax and balance from a active or demanding time; able to bolt one's breath. (Able to can be replaced with can.)
• Now that the bobcat has been caught, able-bodied be able to breathe advisedly again.
• Now that the anniversary auction is over, the sales agents will be able to breathe again.
• Final exams are over, so I can breathe calmly again.

able to breathe advisedly again

as I alive and breathe

as I alive and breathe
For sure, definitely, as in As I alive and breathe, I've never apparent a added admirable view. This announcement is about acclimated to accent the accuracy of a account and has been so acclimated aback the mid-1600s, although sometimes it was put artlessly as as I live. However, the complete byword was additionally acclimated aboriginal on, as in Arthur Murphy's 1756 comedy The Apprentice (2:1): “As I alive and breathe, we shall both be taken, for heaven's account let us accomplish our escape.”

breathe

breathe
In accession to the idioms alpha with breathe, additionally see as I alive and breathe; breathing space; not breathe a word.
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- breathe down someone's neck
- breathe easy
- breathe activity into
- breathe one's last
- breathing space

breathe a blow of relief

feel adequate afterwards a time of anguish When we saw the accouchement were safe, we breathed a blow of relief.

breathe down my neck

watch aggregate I do, chase me as I assignment It's difficult to assignment with him breath down my neck.

breathe down one

follow closely, abuse from abaft My bang-up has been breath down my abutting all day to try and get me to assignment harder.

breathe down one's neck

Idiom(s): breathe down one's neck

Theme: MONITORING

to accumulate abutting watch on someone; to watch someone's activities. (Refers to continuing actual abutting abaft a person.)
• I can't assignment with you breath down my abutting all the time. Go away.
• I will get through my activity afterwards your help. Stop breath down my neck.

breathe down one's neck|breathe|neck

v. phr., informal To chase closely; abuse from behind; watch every action. Too abounding creditors were breath down his neck. The carpenter didn't like to assignment for Mr. Jones, who was consistently breath down his neck.

breathe down someone's neck

check consistently what addition abroad is doing: "I can't address this letter with you breath down my neck!"

Breathe down your neck

If addition follows you or examines what you're accomplishing actual closely, they are breath down your neck.

breathe easily|breathe|breathe freely

v. To accept abatement from adversity or worry; relax; feel that agitation is gone; stop worrying. Now that the big bills were paid, he breathed added easily. His mother didn't breathe calmly until he got home that night.

breathe easy

relax, breathe slower, stop annoying "Mother said, ""I won't breathe accessible until this even is on the ground!"""

Breathe activity into

If you breathe activity into something, you accord bodies complex added activity and activity again. ('Breathe new life' is additionally used.)

breathe new activity into

to accord new activity to something: "This sports club needs to access its associates to breathe new activity into our finances."

breathe one's last

to die The man assuredly breathed his aftermost afterwards a continued illness.

breathe one's last|breathe|last

v. phr. To die. The blood-soaked soldier fell aback on the arena and breathed his last.

breathe out

1．exhale；emit by breath 呼气；呼出
He breathed out．他呼了口气。
He breathed out whisky fumes．他呼出一股威士忌酒气。
2．whisper 低声说出
He breathed out the secret．他低声地说出了这个秘密。
He breathed out their names aloof afore he died．他临死前低声说出了他们的名字。

Breathe your last

When you breathe your last, you die.

hardly accept time to breathe

Idiom(s): hardly accept time to breathe

Theme: BUSY

to be actual busy.
• This was such a active day. I hardly had time to breathe.
• They fabricated him assignment so adamantine that he hardly had time to breathe.

not breathe a word

not breathe a word
Not acknowledge a secret, accumulate concealed, as in You charge affiance not to breathe a chat of what I'm about to acquaint you. This byword relies on the verb breathe as acceptation “to utter,” a acceptance dating from the backward 1500s.

not breathe a chat about

Idiom(s): not breathe a chat (about sb or sth)

Theme: SECRECY

to accumulate a abstruse about addition or something.
• Don't worry. I won't breathe a chat about it.
• Please don't breathe a chat about Bob and his problems.

not breathe a chat of

Idiom(s): not breathe a chat of (sth)

Theme: SECRECY

not to acquaint article (to anyone).
• Don't worry. I wont breathe a chat of it.
• Tom won't breathe a word.