breather.

They could count, let us say, on an additional 200 million, 250 million, or 270 million [currency not specified], which was their favorable trade balance last year, but the problems that have piled up in that country are so serious that they would not even have what can be described as a breather.

CASTRO DISCUSSES LATING AMERICAN DEBT, SOVEREIGN 1985

Many people come to meditation hoping to simply slow down the traffic jam in their head -- to get a little space, a little clarity, a little "breather."

David Nichtern: Stay on Your Cushion: The Importance of 'Hot' and 'Cool' Boredom During Meditation 2010

Many people come to meditation hoping to simply slow down the traffic jam in their head -- to get a little space, a little clarity, a little "breather."

Stay on Your Cushion: The Importance of 'Hot' and 'Cool' Boredom During Meditation 2010

That has now become particularly important since the previous locomotive of the world economy, the United States, is taking a "" breather. ""

Economic Relations Between Germany and Canada 2001

All gave us a pull up the ski slope; it had become a point of honour to take this slope without a 'breather.'

Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Robert Falcon Scott 1890

He says it will pass; a key senator calls for a 'breather.'

News/local from www.chieftain.com 2010

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said Democrats would let the health-care legislation "sit for a while" and take it up "in a week or so," adding that lawmakers need a "breather."

The Seattle Times 2010