don't hold your breath

Etymology
Suggesting that if one were to hold one's breath while waiting for the expected event, one would die before it happened

Phrase

 * 1)  Don't wait.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: älä odota liikoja
 * German: da kannst du lange drauf warten, darauf kannst du lange warten, darauf können Sie lange warten
 * Italian: ce n'è da aspettare
 * Portuguese: espera sentado
 * Russian: /lit: hold your pocket wider/, раскати́л губу́ /lit: you've unrolled your lip/
 * Spanish: espera sentado