- short of breath
- {adj.} Panting and wheezing. * /He ran up six flights of stairs so rapidly that he was short of breath for several minutes./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
short of breath
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short of breath — phrase finding it difficult to breathe I was short of breath after climbing the stairs to her flat. Thesaurus: describing or relating to breathinghyponym Main entry: short * * * panting; short winded … Useful english dictionary
short of breath — {adj.} Panting and wheezing. * /He ran up six flights of stairs so rapidly that he was short of breath for several minutes./ … Dictionary of American idioms
short\ of\ breath — adj Panting and wheezing. He ran up six flights of stairs so rapidly that he was short of breath for several minutes … Словарь американских идиом
short of breath — finding it difficult to breathe I was short of breath after climbing the stairs to her flat … English dictionary
short of breath — panting; short winded. → short … English new terms dictionary
breath — W2S3 [breθ] n [: Old English; Origin: brAth] 1.) a) [U] the air that you send out of your lungs when you breathe ▪ Leo could smell the wine on her breath. ▪ Let your breath out slowly. ▪ He s got bad breath (=breath that smells unpleasant) … Dictionary of contemporary English
Breath from another — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Breath from Another álbum de estudio de Esthero Publicación 28 de Abril, 1998 Breath from Another es el álbum debut de la cantante canadiense de R B Esthero. El álbum fue lanzado el 28 de abri … Wikipedia Español
short-winded — short′ wind′ed adj. 1) short of breath 2) brief or concise; to the point, as in speech or writing • Etymology: 1400–50 … From formal English to slang
short winded — short of breath, having difficulty breathing … English contemporary dictionary
breath — [[t]bre̱θ[/t]] ♦♦♦ breaths 1) N VAR: oft poss N Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant. I could smell the whisky on his breath... Smoking causes bad… … English dictionary
