Save your breath!Don’t even mention your illness to your unsympathetic boss.是什么意思？

Save your breath!Don’t even mention your illness to your unsympathetic boss.

省点力气吧!甚至别对你那位没有同情心的老板提及你生病的事。

save

vt. 救助，储蓄，节约，保留；vi. 储蓄，节约，保存；n. 救援，补救；prep. 除了；除…外；conj. 但是；

例句
A new machine may save thousands of animals from the agony of drug tests...
一种新型机器也许可以将成千上万的动物从药物试验的痛苦中解脱出来。

your

pron. 你的，你们的，尊，玉，乃；

例句
I think there's something a little peculiar about the results of your test.
我认为你的化验结果有点不对劲。

breath

n. 呼吸，一口气，呼吸力，微量；

例句
Take a deep breath and blow.
深呼吸，吐气。

even

adv. 甚至，更加， 即使，恰巧在…时候；adj. 公平的，平坦的， 偶数的，平均的；vt. 使平坦，使相等；vi. 变平，成为相等；

例句
In his later life he became even more absent-minded.
他晚年变得愈加健忘了。

mention

vt. 提到，说起，提名表扬；n. 提及；

例句
The doctor told me not to mention dieting to her in case she took it to the extreme...
医生告诉我不要跟她提节食的事儿，免得她走极端。

illness

n. 疾病，某种具体疾病，不健康；

例句
Although his mental illness had coincided with his war service it had not been caused by it...
虽然他的精神病刚好在他参战期间发作，但并不是由此引起的。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

unsympathetic

adj. 不同情的，冷漠无情的；adv. 不同情地，冷漠无情地；

例句
So Phillip Tattaglia would rant on to audiences unsympathetic and contemptuous.
因此,斐力普-塔塔格里亚对部下说话总是大吼大叫、不通人情、趾高气扬.

boss

n. 老板，上司，领袖，首领，[机]轴套，套筒；vt. 当…的首领，管理，指挥；vi. 当首领，发号施令；adj. <俚>很好的，一流的；

例句
That is a fair approximation of the way in which the next boss is being chosen.
那和下一任老板的选任方式相当类似。