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- ▪ put all one's efforts into doing something to no avail
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idiom. Add to word list. If you say or shout something until you are blue in the face, you are wasting your efforts because you will get no results: You can tell her to clean her room until you are blue in the face, but she won't do it. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Useless and futile. adrift. aimlessly. aimlessness. airy-fairy.
Exhausted from anger, strain, or other great effort. For example, You can argue until you're blue in the face, but I refuse to go. This expression alludes to the bluish skin color resulting from lack of oxygen, which presumably might result from talking until one was breathless. See also under talk one's arm off.
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Idiom: (until someone is) blue in the face: 1. to talk or argue for a very long time to try to persuade someone but it's useless because they won't do or agree with what you want
— I could've argued with my parents until I was blue in the facebut they'd still never let me go to the party. — I was blue in the facetrying to explain my position but the director simply wouldn't listen to other ideas. — I've explained to my daughter until I was blue in the facethat she cannot drive my car but as you can see, she won't take no fo...
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The phrase "blue in the face" refers to the color that a person's face might turn if they continue to speak forcefully for a long time. The salesperson tried to convince me to buy the expensive car, but I wasn't interested. She practically turned blue in the face from all the persuading.
Exhausted from anger, strain, or other great effort. For example, You can argue until you're blue in the face, but I refuse to go . This expression alludes to the bluish skin color resulting from lack of oxygen, which presumably might result from talking until one was breathless. See also under talk one's arm off .
INFORMAL. If you say that someone can say or do something until they are blue in the face, you mean that however many times they say or do it, it will have no effect. You can speculate till you're blue in the face, but you can't prove a thing. The president can issue orders until he is blue in the face, but no-one will take any notice.
Until one is blue in the face means until one is totally exasperated; to argue, shout or talk to someone, especially trying to persuade them to do something, until one is totally spent. The idea is of someone who is expending extreme effort in talking until he is so out of breath he turns blue from lack of oxygen.
