"don't hold your breath" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "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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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "text": "- The government says it's going to introduce free meals for all schoolchildren.\n- Huh, don't hold your breath.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 February 24, Christian Wolmar, “Franchising still exists - under tight Departmental control”, in RAIL, number 925, page 48",
          "text": "Don't hold your breath and don't jump to conclusions, but there is likely to be an announcement about the future of the railways in the next few weeks - [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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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        [
          "mention",
          "mention#English"
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          "unlikely",
          "unlikely#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, imperative) Don't wait. Said cynically to suggest that what has just been mentioned is unlikely to happen soon or at all."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "breathholding"
        },
        {
          "word": "with bated breath"
        }
      ],
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        "imperative"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "don't wait",
          "word": "älä odota liikoja"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "don't wait",
          "word": "da kannst du lange drauf warten"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "don't wait",
          "word": "darauf kannst du lange warten"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "don't wait",
          "word": "darauf können Sie lange warten"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "don't wait",
          "word": "ce n'è da aspettare"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "don't wait",
          "word": "espera sentado"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "derží karmán šíre",
          "sense": "don't wait",
          "word": "держи́ карма́н ши́ре /lit: hold your pocket wider/"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raskatíl gubú",
          "sense": "don't wait",
          "word": "раскати́л губу́ /lit: you've unrolled your lip/"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "don't wait",
          "word": "espera sentado"
        }
      ]
    }
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        "Australia"
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  "word": "don't hold your breath"
}

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  "etymology_text": "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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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "breathholding"
    },
    {
      "word": "with bated breath"
    }
  ],
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          "text": "- The government says it's going to introduce free meals for all schoolchildren.\n- Huh, don't hold your breath.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 February 24, Christian Wolmar, “Franchising still exists - under tight Departmental control”, in RAIL, number 925, page 48",
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        "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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        "(idiomatic, imperative) 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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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "don't wait",
      "word": "älä odota liikoja"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "don't wait",
      "word": "da kannst du lange drauf warten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "don't wait",
      "word": "darauf kannst du lange warten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "don't wait",
      "word": "darauf können Sie lange warten"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "don't wait",
      "word": "ce n'è da aspettare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "don't wait",
      "word": "espera sentado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "derží karmán šíre",
      "sense": "don't wait",
      "word": "держи́ карма́н ши́ре /lit: hold your pocket wider/"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raskatíl gubú",
      "sense": "don't wait",
      "word": "раскати́л губу́ /lit: you've unrolled your lip/"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "don't wait",
      "word": "espera sentado"
    }
  ],
  "word": "don't hold your breath"
}

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