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    blue in the face

    US /ˈblu ɪn ðə feɪs/

    ・

    UK /ˈblu: ɪn ðə feɪs/

    B2
    idm.To do something to exhaustion without success.
    You can argue until you're blue in the face, but I won't change.

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    • You can preach DEI to us until you're blue in the face.

      You can preach DEI to us until you're blue in the face.

    • You can preach DEI to us until you're blue in the face.

      You can preach DEI to us until you're blue in the face.

    B2

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    • Soon, I was getting so good at kazooing that everyone in the orchard would scream encouragement at me until they were blue in the face.

      Soon, I was getting so good at kazooing that everyone in the orchard would scream encouragement at me until they were blue in the face.

    • Soon, I was getting so good at kazooing that everyone in the orchard would scream encouragement at me until they were blue in the face, especially when I practiced kazooing late at night.

      Soon, I was getting so good at kazooing that everyone in the orchard would scream encouragement at me until they were blue in the face, especially when I practiced kazooing late at night.

    B1

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    • but scientists have no idea why this is, or why most of us gasp for air long before we turn blue in the face or pass out.

      but scientists have no idea why this is, or why most of us gasp for air long before we turn blue in the face or pass out.

    • long before we turn blue in the face

      long before we turn blue in the face

    B1

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    • I talk until I am blue in the face to my private students about how native speakers of English here leave off the "t's

      I talk until I am blue in the face to my private students about how native speakers of English here leave off the "t's

    • I talk until I'm blue in the face to my private students about how native speakers of English here leave off the T's, like in our dialogue: "tonight," "don't," "late." Listen to the difference to textbook English and relaxed spoken English.

      I talk until I'm blue in the face to my private students about how native speakers of English here leave off the T's, like in our dialogue: "tonight," "don't," "late." Listen to the difference to textbook English and relaxed spoken English.

    A2

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    • You can cut until you're blue in the face.

      You can cut until you're blue in the face.

    • You can cut until you're blue in the face.

      You can cut until you're blue in the face.

    B1

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    • If you don't know what you're doing, you can always ask them and it almost certainly will give you free advice until you're blue in the face.

      If you don't know what you're doing, you can always ask them and it almost certainly will give you free advice until you're blue in the face.

    • and they almost certainly will give you free advice until you're blue in the face.

      and they almost certainly will give you free advice until you're blue in the face.

    B1