cotton waste /'kɔtnweist/lay (something) to waste Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
lay waste
waste no time
waste not, want not
wasted
caucasion waste
waste
2. to kill, to beat up
go to waste
The boy's work on the model plane went to waste when he dropped it．这男孩做的模型飞机因摔在地下而付诸东流。
The strawberries went to waste because there was nobody to pick them．草莓因没有人去摘统统浪费掉了。
waste away
Since her operation，she has simply been wasting away and may not last long．自从她动手术以来，就日渐虚弱，也许活不长了。
He is wasting away from the disease．他因病日渐瘦弱。
She has wasted away to a skeleton．她已骨瘦如柴。
After her husband died，she wasted away with grief．她丈夫死后，她在悲伤中消瘦了。
waste one's breath
The old man is so stubborn that you'd be only wasting your breath trying to make him change his mind．那个老头子太固执，你去劝他改变主意，不过是白费口舌。
I saw that I was wasting my words；he refused to believe me．我发现我是在白费口舌，他根本不相信我。
Don't argue with Frank any longer．You are only wasting your breath trying to get him to contribute to the Red Cross．不要与弗兰克再争下去了，你要他给红十字会捐款只不过是白费口舌而已。
waste one's breath/words
The old man is so stubborn that you'd be only wasting your breath trying to make him change his mind．那个老头子太固执，你去劝他改变主意，不过是白费口舌。
I saw that I was wasting my words；he refused to believe me．我发现我是在白费口舌，他根本不相信我。
Don't argue with Frank any longer．You are only wasting your breath trying to get him to contribute to the Red Cross．不要与弗兰克再争下去了，你要他给红十字会捐款只不过是白费口舌而已。
lay (something) to waste
To abort or ruin article absolutely or utterly. The blaze laid an absolute block of houses to decay in a amount of hours. The bloodthirsty army accumulated and fabricated accessible to lay the commonwealth to waste.Learn more: lay, wastelay something to waste
and lay decay to somethingFig. to abort something; to ruin or blend up something. The invaders laid the apple to waste. The kids came in and laid decay to my apple-pie house.Learn more: lay, waste
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