- whistle in the wind
- whistle in the windTo make a futile attempt to achieve the impossible• • •Main Entry: ↑whistle
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try unsuccessfully to influence something that cannot be changed
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Whistle Down the Wind — may refer to:* Whistle Down the Wind (film), a film directed by Bryan Forbes * Whistle Down the Wind (musical), a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the film * Whistle Down the Wind (novel), a novel by Mary Hayley Bell, basis for the film * … Wikipedia
Whistle Down the Wind — ist ein Musical von Andrew Lloyd Webber (Musik) und Jim Steinman (Texte), basierend auf dem gleichnamigen Film (deutscher Titel: ...woher der Wind weht) von Bryan Forbes (1961). Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Produktionsgeschichte 2 Handlung 3 … Deutsch Wikipedia
whistle down the wind — 1. (from the practice of casting a hawk off down the wind when turning it loose) to abandon or let go 2. To talk to no purpose • • • Main Entry: ↑whistle … Useful english dictionary
whistle down the wind — If you whistle down the wind, you abandon, send away or leave something or someone … The small dictionary of idiomes
whistle down the wind — ► whistle down the wind let go or abandon (something). Main Entry: ↑whistle … English terms dictionary
Whistle Down the Wind (musical) — Infobox Musical name= Whistle Down the Wind subtitle= caption= Logo music= Andrew Lloyd Webber lyrics= Jim Steinman book= Patricia Knop Andrew Lloyd Webber Gale Edwards basis= 1961 film Whistle Down the Wind productions= 1996 Washington DC 1998… … Wikipedia
Whistle Down the Wind (film) — Infobox Film name = Whistle Down The Wind writer = Mary Hayley Bell starring = Hayley Mills Bernard Lee Alan Bates director = Bryan Forbes producer = Richard Attenborough music = Malcolm Arnold released = 1961 country = UK language = English… … Wikipedia
piss in the wind — vb to do something futile, make a doomed attempt. A vulgar version of such collo quialisms as whistle in the wind/dark … Contemporary slang
whistle something down the wind — 1》 let go or abandon something. 2》 archaic turn a trained hawk loose by casting it off with the wind. → whistle … English new terms dictionary
whistle something down the wind — let something go; abandon something ■ turn a trained hawk loose by casting it off with the wind … Useful english dictionary
