don't hold your breath
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
To your question: Yes — but don’t hold your breath.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 3, 2026
Again, don't hold your breath – the company has been losing money hand over fist, the blast furnaces are nearing the end of their useful life, and the cost of energy it gulps is enormous.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025
Hypothetically, rebates could be available in late 2023, but don’t hold your breath.
From Slate • Aug. 12, 2023
The only way out of this mess would be for affluent societies to deeply reduce their consumption of energy and extraction of material resources, but don't hold your breath on that one.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2023
“Y’all don’t hold your breath for that cat to listen.”
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
