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Blue Face Succeed Times Make Change Mind Government

Idiom to do something until you are blue in the face
Definition to not succeed in something despite trying many, many times
Examples - You can say that until you are blue in the face. It's not going to make me change my mind.
- The government can warn people about travelling to Iraq until it is blue in the face, but there will always be one or two who are brave or stupid enough to go there anyway.
- Maybe I've got genetics to thank for some of my results in the gym as well (although I'd argue otherwise until I was blue in the face).
- Well, okay, she could shout it at Naraku until she was blue in the face and he wouldn't care.

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