The phrase “gimme a break” is a colloquial contraction of “give me a break”. It has two main meanings:A plea for someone else to stop doing something annoying or troublesome. For example, "Gimme a break! I only started 10 minutes ago!"1
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A scoffing retort to something that seems unbelievable or ridiculous.
For example, "You, the night owl, are getting up at 5 AM tomorrow? Gimme a break!"2
The phrase can also be used as an exclamation of frustration or disbelief. For example, “Gimme a break! How did I miss that shot?”
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همان شکل غیررسمی give me a break هست به معنای بی خیال ، مسخرست، دست بردار
Conversational form of Give me a break یعنی مسخره ست یا عصبانی کننده ست
