BREATH OF FRESH AIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breath of fresh air mean? 

• BREATH OF FRESH AIR (noun)
  The noun BREATH OF FRESH AIR has 1 sense:

1. a welcome relief

  Familiarity information: BREATH OF FRESH AIR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREATH OF FRESH AIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A welcome relief

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

the new management was like a breath of fresh air

Hypernyms ("breath of fresh air" is a kind of...):

easing; moderation; relief (a change for the better)

 Context examples 

The fact is that I felt as though I were choking, and had a perfect longing for a breath of fresh air.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A breath of fresh air seemed to blow through the house, and something better than sunshine brightened the quiet rooms.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I had come up on deck for a breath of fresh air and to try to get some repose for my overwrought nerves.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Looking out on this, I felt that I was indeed in prison, and I seemed to want a breath of fresh air, though it were of the night.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

After having focused on serious matters last month and in early February (like things involving home and family), this new trend, brought to you by a loving universe, will feel like a breath of fresh air.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)