“Don't hold your breath” nghĩa là gì?

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Iran’s threat to avenge Fakhrizadeh: Don’t hold your breath. On July 20, 1988, Iran’s then supreme leader, Ayatollah Khomeini said in an unusual statement that he agreed to ending the war with Iraq, initiated (khởi xướng) by the former Baathist regime (chế độ) in Baghdad eight years earlier.

Don't hold your breath while you wait for change. Treasury's long-awaited Retirement Income Review was delivered to much fanfare (sự phô trương). The latest in a long list of inquiries (câu hỏi) into our retirement system, what made this 638-page opus unusual is that it made no recommendations – it just provided information.

Meanwhile, the rich have become far richer. Since the start of the pandemic, just 651 American billionaires have gained $1tn of wealth. With this windfall (vận may bất ngờ) they could send a $3,000 check to every person in America and still be as rich as they were before the pandemic. Don’t hold your breath. Stock markets have been hitting record highs. More initial public stock offerings have been launched this year than in over two decades.

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