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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Breathing room
Hi.
Can breathing room in:
"He is rapidly running out of breathing room."
be replaced with space?
Can breathing room in:
"He is rapidly running out of breathing room."
be replaced with space?
Top answer
Yes, but the meaning will change.
- Yes, but the meaning will change.
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It depends on the complete sentence and its context.
"Breathing room" can be an idiomatic expression meaning extra flexibility or latitude in time, space, or money, allowing you to exercise some choices.
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Ideally, what you'd like to do in the Postal Service is have access to about $5 billion to $6 billion in cash... and that's basically two payrolls. That's not a lot of "
"Breathing room" can be an idiomatic expression meaning extra flexibility or latitude in time, space, or money, allowing you to exercise some choices.
eg.
Ideally, what you'd like to do in the Postal Service is have access to about $5 billion to $6 billion in cash... and that's basically two payrolls. That's not a lot of "
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No.He is talking about a chess K&Q-vs-K mate.White is repeatedly restricting the black king with his Queen.But I gave you the complete sentence.
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Then the translation would be:
He is running out of options for escape (winning, maneuvering).
He is running out of options for escape (winning, maneuvering).
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AlpheccaStarsThen the translation would be:He is running out of options for escape (winning, maneuvering).sorry?
How does it differ from he is rapidly running out of options?
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soheil1How does it differ from he is rapidly running out of options?Because one option is to admit defeat and give up.
Running out of breathing room is the lessening of options for survival. Defeat is not an option in that sense.
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