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Save your breath

DEFINITION

No alibi is possible. A warning to not try to explain, you won’t be believed. A response to someone who wishes to provide an excuse about their failure. (Compare to Tell it to the Marines.)

 “Save your breath, son, I’ve heard that excuse before.”

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