under the breath
US /ˈʌndɚ ðə brɛθ/
・UK /ˈʌndə ðə breθ/
B1
adv. phr.Speaking very quietly, almost inaudibly, usually to oneself.
She muttered an insult under the breath during the meeting.
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Book 02 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-7)
- Her serene and candid brow became troubled at intervals under her thoughts like a mirror under the breath,
Her serene and candid brow became troubled at intervals under her thoughts like a mirror under the breath,
- intervals, under her thoughts, like a mirror under the breath; and from beneath
intervals, under her thoughts, like a mirror under the breath; and from beneath