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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Save your breath
Question

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Save your breath

A.

To make an effort that will be futile

B.

To work hard

C.

To be resentful

D.

To hold one’s anger

Correct option is A

Option (a) is the correct meaning of the given idiom.
Save your breath: It means don’t waste time or effort because it will not be effective. (Hindi: कुछ बोलना बेकार है, कुछ कहने से कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ेगा)
Example: Don’t try to explain—just save your breath.
3 Similar Idioms:
· Talk to a brick wall – Speak to someone who doesn’t listen.
· Waste your words – Speak in vain.
· Fall on deaf ears – Be ignored.

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