I already know all this! Now, you're just preaching to the choir.

这些我都知道！现在，你只是在" 舌" 。

The woman wasted her words to say a good word for herself.

这女人舌为自己说情。

Still Matthew said nothing and Marilla had a sense of having wasted words and breath.

马修仍然一言不发，玛丽拉有种舌的感觉。

The official in the jail wasted his words to induce Samuel.

监狱里一名官员舌来劝诱塞缪尔。

Save your breath, Gaby. It's not gonna happen.

别舌了 加布 不可能的。

Save your breath. She’s already made up her mind.

【breath】别舌了，她主意已定。

Her good advice was wasted on the children.

【waste】她对孩子们的规劝是舌了。

Don’t try to reason with Paul – you’re wasting your breath.

【waste】别跟保罗讲道理，你在舌。

Sometimes a person fights a battle that has been decided or keeps arguing a question that has been settled. We say this is like " beating a dead horse."

有时，一个人可能一直就已经决定了的战争而战斗，或者一直争论已经解决了的问题。我们说，这简直是舌(就好象beating a dead horse)。