dans le vide
Meanings
Prepositional phrase
1. in vain (without result) (figuratively)
2. into space (figuratively)
Examples6
regarder dans le vide
to stare into space
parler dans le vide
to waste one's breath, to speak without being listened to
Nous ne parlons pas dans le vide.
We aren't speaking to an empty audience.
Il regarda dans le vide.
He stared into space.
Il est inutile de parler dans le vide.
It is pointless to waste my breath.
Tu parles dans le vide.
You're wasting your breath.