in the same breath
US /ɪn ðə seɪm brɛθ/
UK /ɪn ðə seɪm brɛθ/
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同时, 一边...一边...
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.
她一边说爱他，一边又说想离开他。
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You can't praise his work and then criticize it in the same breath.
你不能一边赞扬他的工作，一边又批评它。