breath of fresh air
Something relieving, refreshing, or newSomething relieving, refreshing, or new.
» He went outside for a breath of fresh air.
Он вышел подышать свежим воздухом. — Selena777
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1 senses(idiomatic)Something relieving, refreshing, or new.
After all those old policies and procedures, the new management approach is a breath of fresh air around here.
глоток свежего воздухаglotok sveževo vozduxa
- a welcome relief
Examples
22 sentencesHe went outside for a breath of fresh air.
ruОн вышел подышать свежим воздухом. — Selena777
Tom went out for a breath of fresh air.
ruТом вышел глотнуть свежего воздуха. — marafon
She went outside to get a breath of fresh air.
ruОна вышла глотнуть свежего воздуха. — Ooneykcall
deSie ging nach draußen, um ein wenig frische Luft zu schnappen. — xtofu80
I want to go outside for a breath of fresh air.
ruЯ хочу выйти подышать свежим воздухом. — odexed
deIch möchte nach draußen gehen, um frische Luft zu schnappen. — freddy1
I wanted to go outside and get a breath of fresh air.
deIch wollte hinausgehen, um frische Luft zu schnappen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
plural: breaths of fresh air| Singular | breath of fresh air |
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irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.