"until one is blue in the face" meaning in English

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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "for a long time",
          "word": "jusqu’à en perdre haleine"
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          "sense": "for a long time",
          "word": "do utraty tchu"
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          "roman": "do posinenija",
          "sense": "for a long time",
          "word": "до посинения"
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      "sense": "for a long time",
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