wet one's whistle Idiom, Proverb

wet one's whistle

Idiom(s): wet one's whistle

Theme: DRINKING

to take a drink of something. (Folksy.)
• Wow, am I thirsty. I need something to wet my whistle.
• Hey, Sally! Give her something to wet her whistle.

wet one's whistle|wet|whistle

v. phr., slang To have a drink, especially of liquor. Uncle Willie told John to wait outside for a minute while he went in to the cafe to wet his whistle.

wet (one's) whistle

To accept article to drink. I'm parched. I'm activity to charge to wet my blare afore we go on. If you're attractive for Barney, he's down at the pub wetting his whistle.Learn more: wet, whistle

wet one's whistle

Have a drink, as in I'm aloof activity to wet my blare afore I go out on the tennis court. This announcement uses whistle in the faculty of "mouth" and may allude to the actuality that it is actual adamantine to blare with dry lips. [Late 1300s] Learn more: wet, whistle

wet one's whistle, to

To accept a drink. It is actual difficult to blare with dry lips. An old children’s affair bold involves bistro some dry absurd or aliment and attempting to whistle; the aboriginal to accomplish in accomplishing so wins a prize. The appellation has been about back the fourteenth century. It appeared in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales: “So was her joly blare wel y-wet” (The Reeve’s Tale).Learn more: wet

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