I already know all this! Now, you're just preaching to the choir.

这些我都知道！，只是" 白费" 。

Still Matthew said nothing and Marilla had a sense of having wasted words and breath.

马修仍然一言不发，玛丽拉有种白费的感觉。

The official in the jail wasted his words to induce Samuel.

监狱里一官员白费来劝诱塞缪尔。

Save your breath, Gaby. It's not gonna happen.

别白费 加布 不可能的。

Save your breath. She’s already made up her mind.

【breath】别白费，她主意已定。

Her good advice was wasted on the children.

【waste】她对孩子们的规劝是白费。

Don’t try to reason with Paul – you’re wasting your breath.

【waste】别跟保罗讲道理，白费。

Sometimes a person fights a battle that has been decided or keeps arguing a question that has been settled. We say this is like " beating a dead horse."

有时，一个人可能一直就已经决定的战争而战斗，或者一直争论已经解决的问题。我们说，这简直是白费(就好象beating a dead horse)。