in the same breath
US /ɪn ðə seɪm brɛθ/
UK /ɪn ðə seɪm brɛθ/
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同時, 一邊...一邊...
if you say two things in the same breath, you say them at the same time, although they are contradictory
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She said she loved him and in the same breath said she wanted to leave him.
她一邊說愛他，一邊又說想離開他。
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You can't praise his work and then criticize it in the same breath.
你不能一邊讚揚他的工作，一邊又批評它。