From Lucia DeRespinis who created the designs of many of George Nelson's iconic mid-century clocks and Margaret Calvert, the creator of the font used on every road sign on the UK's national highway system, to Greta Grossman, a quiet yet influential furniture designer in California and Ruth Adler Schnee, a force behind a number of iconic Knoll textiles.
To dream that you are trying to catch your breath or that you are out of breath indicates that you are experiencing some anxiety, tension, or fear concerning a new situation in your waking life. To dream that you have bad breath suggests that you are feeling enclosed or crowded in. Perhaps someone is invading your personal space. To dream that you are holding your breath indicates your stubborn state of mind. Your views are too one-sided. The dream is telling you to be more open to the opinions of others.
Confusion is almost inevitable. Bated here is a contraction of abated through loss of the unstressed first vowel (a process called aphesis); it means âreduced, lessened, lowered in forceâ. So bated breath refers to a state in which you almost stop breathing as a result of some strong emotion, such as terror or awe.