not breathe a word (of something) Idiom, Proverb

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

feel up to (do something)

feel able (healthy enough or rested enough) to do something I don

fill (something) in

write words needed in blanks Please fill in this form and give it to the receptionist.

get hold of (something)

get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.

get (something) over with

finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.

hard on (someone/something)

treat something/someone roughly His son is very hard on shoes.

have had it (with someone or something)

can

have (something) going for one

have ability, talent or good looks She has a lot going for her and I am sure that she will get the new job.

keep on (doing something)

continue She is careless and keeps on making the same mistakes over and over.

not breathe a chat (of something)

To accumulate article a complete secret; to not allotment some abstruse or clandestine advice with anyone else. Often acclimated in the abrogating to animate silence. Please don't aching me! I affirm I won't breathe a chat of this to anyone! Remember, we appetite this to be a surprise, so don't breathe a chat to Tom. He promised me that he wouldn't breathe a chat of what he saw actuality today.Learn more: breathe, not, word

not breathe a chat (about addition or something)

and not breathe a chat of it Fig. to accumulate a abstruse about addition or something. Don't worry. I won't breathe a chat about this matter. Please don't breathe a chat about Bob and his problems. Don't worry. I won't breathe a chat of it.Learn more: breathe, not, word

(I) won't breathe a chat (of it).

and (I) won't acquaint a Soul.Fig. I will not acquaint anyone your secret. Bill: Don't acquaint anybody, but Sally is accepting married. Mary: I won't breathe a chat of it. Alice: The Jacksons are activity to accept to advertise their house. Don't advance it around. Mary: I won't acquaint a soul.Learn more: breathe, word

not breathe a word

Not acknowledge a secret, accumulate concealed, as in You charge affiance not to breathe a chat of what I'm about to acquaint you. This byword relies on the verb breathe as acceptation "to utter," a acceptance dating from the backward 1500s. Learn more: breathe, not, word

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keep in good shape keep in line keep in touch keep it down keep it quiet keep it to yourself keep it up keep on keep on (doing something) keep on trucking keep one keep one's finger's crossed keep out keep pace keep quiet keep someone on keep (someone) up not be much of a something not be much to look at not be somebody's cup of tea not be somebody's day not be someone's bag not be the end of the world not be the only pebble on the beach not be the word for it not be whistling Dixie not be your cup of tea not bear the sight of (someone or something) not beat about the bush not beat around the bush not before time not believe (one's) ears not believe (one's) eyes not believe a word of it not believe ears not believe eyes not believe your eyes/ears not bloody likely not born yesterday not bothered not break the bank not breathe a word not breathe a word (of something) not breathe a word of (something) not budge an inch not budge/give/move an inch not built that way not buy not buy (something) not by a long chalk not by a long shot not by any means not by any stretch of the imagination not care (a) tuppence not care a hang not care a hang (about something) not care a hoot not care a hoot (about something) not care a monkey's fart (about something) not care two hoots (about something) not care two hoots about not care two pins (about something) not care two straws not care two straws (about something) not care twopence not care/give a damn not care/give a hoot not care/give tuppence for/about somebody/something