1. Save your breath.

2. Save your breath, Ellen.

3. Both of you, save your breath.

4. Save your breath! Don't even mention your illness to your unsympathetic boss.

5. It's useless talking to him?you may as well save your breath.

6. Save your breath; the boss will never give you the day off.

7. I don't care about what you think; save your breath to cool your porridge!

8. Dad, if you've come to dispense a dose of political advice, save your breath.

9. So... if you're hoping to intimidate him because of the back taxes, you can save your breath.

10. Listen, if all this adagio is... by any chance preliminary to a contract, you can save your breath.