don't hold your breath是什么意思呢？先看看下面的對話吧。
情景模擬：
The Gewgaws had many hits during the 1990s
But the band broke up about 10 years ago . Its members have never played together since .
Their fans would dearly love the band to reunite .
But they know that there are still big disagreements , and they are not holding their breath for a comeback.
don't hold your breath的意思是別指望，don't hold your breath 是非正式用語，告誡對方事情不會很快實現或不可能會發生。說don't hold your breath for something 時，是指別指望某事會馬上實現。
與don't hold your breath相關的對話：
'Andrew says he is definitely going to give up smoking this time .' 'Yes , well , don't hold your breath !'
“安德魯說他這次肯定要戒煙了。” “是嗎，哦，別指望他能戒掉！”
I still hope our team will win , but I'm not holding my breath .
我任然希望我們隊能贏，但我也不抱太大希望。
如果不希望別人誤會你時用英語怎么說呢？當感覺自己的話可能被人誤解，可以用don't get me wrong 提醒對方不要誤會。
例句：
Don't get me wrong ，I'm not accusing Jane of anything . But she has been behaving rather oddly .
不要誤會我的意思，我并不是說簡有什么不好，只是她的舉止相當古怪。
Don't get me wrong , I like Anthony . I think he's a very nice man It's just that he sometimes talks too much .
不要誤會我的意思，我是喜歡安東尼的。我認為他人很不錯，只是有時他的話太多了。
不要誤會的英語對話：
I'm very fond of cats as well . Please don't get me wrong .
I'm sure my children would love to have a kitten as pet .
My wife and I could give it a good home .
It's just that I think our dong might object .
