- till you're blue in the face
- until you are very tired, until you look sick
You can train a flea till you're blue in the face, but he won't learn.
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till you're blue in the face
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till you're blue in the face — If you do something till you re blue in the face, you do it repeatedly without achieving the desired result until you re incredibly frustrated … The small dictionary of idiomes
till you are blue in the face — until/till/you are blue in the face informal phrase used for saying that there is no use in trying to persuade someone to do something because you will not succeed You can say ‘don’t do it’ until you’re blue in the face, but if kids want to do it … Useful english dictionary
till you're blue in the face — If you do something till you re blue in the face, you do it repeatedly without achieving the desired result until you re incredibly frustrated. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Till you're blue in the face — If you do something till you re blue in the face, you do it repeatedly without achieving the desired result until you re incredibly frustrated … Dictionary of English idioms
do something till you are blue in the face — do sth till you are blue in the ˈface idiom (informal) to try to do sth as hard and as long as you possibly can but without success • You can argue till you re blue in the face, but you won t change my mind. Main entry: ↑blueidiom … Useful english dictionary
until you are blue in the face — until/till/you are blue in the face informal phrase used for saying that there is no use in trying to persuade someone to do something because you will not succeed You can say ‘don’t do it’ until you’re blue in the face, but if kids want to do it … Useful english dictionary
talk until one is blue in the face — in. to alk until one is exhausted. □ You can talk till you’re blue in the face, but it won’t do any good. □ She talked until she was blue in the face, but could not change their minds … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
until you're blue... — See till you re blue in the face … English idioms
blue — 1 /blu:/ adjective 1 COLOUR the colour of the clear sky or of the sea on a fine day: the blue waters of the lake | a dark blue raincoat 2 SAD (not before noun) informal sad and without hope; depressed (1a): That song always makes me feel blue. 3… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
blue — blue1 W2S1 [blu:] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: blou] 1.) having the colour of the sky or the sea on a fine day →↑navy, navy blue ↑navy blue ▪ the blue waters of the lake dark/light/pale/bright blue ▪ a dark blue raincoat … Dictionary of contemporary English
