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until / till sb be blue in the face

British pronunciation/ʌntˈɪl tˈɪl ˌɛsbˈiː biː blˈuː ɪnðə fˈeɪs/
American pronunciation/ʌntˈɪl tˈɪl ˌɛsbˈiː biː blˈuː ɪnðə fˈeɪs/
until / till sb be blue in the face
[PHRASE]
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used for saying that one will not achieve what they want no matter how much they try

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Examples
1Yes, I can talk about accommodating deaf and hard of hearing people until I’m blue in the face, but sometimes, I get nervous about it.
2I can talk about it until I'm blue in the face.
3This is why it becomes so difficult to try to move forward to try to bring proper accessibility or try to get properly diagnosed to get the right medicine or even try to get care because people just don't believe us even if we're like, talking until we're blue in the face.
4I have explained this to you until I'm blue in the face.
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