It means don't be expecting much. When people hold their breath, they are waiting for something to happen. WHen people give the advice of dont hold your breath, they are saying taht there isn't anything going to happen
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It is bad times must necesseraly give way to better times. The light of smiles shall fill again the lids that owerflow with tears basically mean smile will overcome tears and the second sentence means that painful times promise a better life in the future.
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Hurston opens the novel with an analogy in order to tell the reader that this book will have a focus on women and men, and the purpose is to show a black woman's perspective.
<span>The ships he is talking about are slave ships, so the book is about oppression, among other things. </span>