wet one's whistle

wet (one's) whistle

To have something to drink. I'm parched. I'm going to need to wet my whistle before we go on. If you're looking for Barney, he's down at the pub wetting his whistle.

wet one's whistle

Have a drink, as in I'm just going to wet my whistle before I go out on the tennis court. This expression uses whistle in the sense of "mouth" and may allude to the fact that it is very hard to whistle with dry lips. [Late 1300s]

wet one's whistle, to

To have a drink. It is very difficult to whistle with dry lips. An old children’s party game involves eating some dry crackers or bread and attempting to whistle; the first to succeed in doing so wins a prize. The term has been around since the fourteenth century. It appeared in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales: “So was her joly whistle wel y-wet” (The Reeve’s Tale).

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释义	wet one's whistle wet (one's) whistle To have something to drink. I'm parched. I'm going to need to wet my whistle before we go on. If you're looking for Barney, he's down at the pub wetting his whistle. See also: wet, whistle Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. wet one's whistle Have a drink, as in I'm just going to wet my whistle before I go out on the tennis court. This expression uses whistle in the sense of "mouth" and may allude to the fact that it is very hard to whistle with dry lips. [Late 1300s] See also: wet, whistle The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. wet one's whistle, to To have a drink. It is very difficult to whistle with dry lips. An old children’s party game involves eating some dry crackers or bread and attempting to whistle; the first to succeed in doing so wins a prize. The term has been around since the fourteenth century. It appeared in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales: “So was her joly whistle wel y-wet” (The Reeve’s Tale). See also: wet The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: be out of (one's) head address (one's) comments to (someone or something) address comments or remarks to address (one's) remarks to (someone or something) be in it for away from it all be at a disadvantage at a disadvantage be strong on (something) be pressed for time References in periodicals archive The SUV was professionally wrapped with the Connecticut Pour Tour graphics, a nice touch which helped when he entered towns with no place to wet one's whistle. A beer here, there, everywhere; Todd Ruggereexpands fundraisingsouthwardto Conn
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