Meaning: adolf windaus

n.
German chemist who studied steroids and cholesterol and discovered histamine (1876-1959)

blow with the wind Idiom, Proverb

a breath of wind

a breeze, a light wind In the evening, the lake was calm. There wasn't a breath of wind.

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a window of opportunity

an opportunity, a chance, a golden opportunity Sometimes a problem is actually a window of opportunity.

breath of wind

(See a breath of wind)

fart in a windstorm

(See a fart in a windstorm)

get wind of

hear about something I got wind of the company expansion from my friend.

go out the window

be abandoned, go out of effect The school dress code went out the window when the new principal took over.

in the wind

soon to happen, being planned It is in the wind that they are planning to open a new store next year.

knock the wind out of his sails

cause him to slow down, cause him to quit, knock him down a peg (see knock you down a peg) If you tell him his letter is full of errors, you'll knock the wind out of his sails.

like the wind

fast and smooth, like the devil You can't catch that deer. It can run like the wind.

blow with the wind

To be airy and adjustable to acrid contest or affliction in life, likened to how a timberline that can angle is bigger able to bear abundant winds. I apperceive you've had a lot of setbacks this year, but you accept to draft with the wind and abide aggravating your best.Learn more: blow, wind

blow with the wind

act according to prevailing affairs rather than a constant plan.Learn more: blow, wind

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