Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is breathe/heave a sigh of relief and it’s meaning is “to suddenly feel relieved (or feel happy) that something unpleasant has not happened (sigh is a long & deep audible breathing out of relief)”.
Example Sentence: At the Medical College, Kolkata, a doctor heaved a sigh of relief after testing negative for the virus.
This phrase is present in The Hindu Opinion article The mystery of the low COVID-19 numbers and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu.
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