Jul 14, 2002 16:18
21 yrs ago
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Romanian term
Moldova
Native in: Romanian 
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
a vorbi in vant / a vorbi degeaba
Romanian to English
Art/Literary
a vorbi in vant / a vorbi degeaba
Proposed translations
9 mins
Daniela McKeeby
United States
United States
Native in Romanian
&
English
United States
Financial Services Experience
Native in: English , Romanian
Works in: Italian to English, Romanian to English, English to Romanian, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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103
Selected
wasting one's [my, their, his, etc.] breath talking
Amer. Eng.
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Note added at 2002-07-14 16:30:02 (GMT)
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\"Advertising departments want to offer advertisements in the guise of articles to clients,\" Mr Stroehlein said. But editors and journalists are wasting their breath talking about ethics with business bottom-liners: \"They need to talk to them in the language they understand: the language of business.
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Note added at 2002-07-14 16:35:16 (GMT)
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But he was wasting his breath because no one was listening.
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Note added at 2002-07-14 16:41:09 (GMT)
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Don\'t Waste Your Breath
If you have tried talking to her about her friend and it\'s not working, then stop wasting your breath. No matter what you tell her, it will always be etched in the back of her mind of what her friend tells her.
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Note added at 2002-07-14 16:30:02 (GMT)
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\"Advertising departments want to offer advertisements in the guise of articles to clients,\" Mr Stroehlein said. But editors and journalists are wasting their breath talking about ethics with business bottom-liners: \"They need to talk to them in the language they understand: the language of business.
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Note added at 2002-07-14 16:35:16 (GMT)
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But he was wasting his breath because no one was listening.
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Note added at 2002-07-14 16:41:09 (GMT)
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Don\'t Waste Your Breath
If you have tried talking to her about her friend and it\'s not working, then stop wasting your breath. No matter what you tell her, it will always be etched in the back of her mind of what her friend tells her.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "DanielaB, iti multumesc! "
17 mins
Elvira Stoianov
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Native in Romanian
Luxembourg
Currently employed in-house
Native in: Romanian , Hungarian
Works in: German to Romanian, English to Romanian, Romanian to German, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
339
waste words, speak to no purpose
sunt cele 2 variante date de dict ro-en (Levitchi) pentru a vorbi in vant
3 hrs
Cristina Moldovan do Amaral
United States
United States
Native in Romanian
United States
Fast, Reliable, Certified
Native in: Romanian 
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian to English, German to Romanian, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
363
to preach to deaf ears; to preach to the winds; to sepak in vain/ to no purpose; to waste words;
to waste one's breath; to whistle down the wind; to beat the air/ the wind; to whistle jigs to a milestone.
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