be spitting in(to) the wind イディオム

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.

be spitting in(to) the wind

To be accomplishing article absolutely pointless, fruitless, or futile; to be crumbling one's time accomplishing article that will not or cannot appear to pass. To be altogether honest, back I vote, I feel like I'm spitting in the wind, so I usually don't bother. If you're aggravating to lose weight after alteration your diet, you're spitting into the wind.Learn more: spit, wind

be spitting in the wind

If addition is spitting in the wind, they are crumbling their time by aggravating to do article which has little or no adventitious of success. As an access to the problem, this is hardly added than spitting in the wind.Learn more: spit, wind

spitting in (or into) the wind

a abortive or absurd activity. 1996 Daily Telegraph Both the Church address and the agnostic assistant are spitting in the wind, of course, because the admission course of superstition has a continued way to acceleration yet. Learn more: spit, wind

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