breathe\ easily

breathe\ easily
• breathe easily
• breathe freely
v
To have relief from difficulty or worry; relax; feel that trouble is gone; stop worrying.

Now that the big bills were paid, he breathed more easily.

His mother didn't breathe easily until he got home that night.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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