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don't hold your breath

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  • phrase idiomatic, imperative "Don't wait." Said cynically to suggest that what has just been mentioned to is unlikely to happen soon or at all.

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

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