whistle for
US /ˈwɪsəl fɔr/
・UK /ˈwɪsl fɔ:/
C1 高級
phr.v.期待而不得
You can whistle for extra help; nobody's coming.
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川普警告投資人！ 🚨 示警內容曝光！ (Trump’s Warning for Investors)
- But closing a case where you got to be clean is a whistle for them to close a case because so many people have to sign off on it.
但結案時你必須是清白的，這對他們來說是個結案的口哨，因為有這麼多人必須簽字同意。
- But closing a case, bro, you got to be clean as a whistle for them to co-close a case because so many people have to sign off on it.
不，我們的孩子沒有在那裡接受教育。
街頭拳擊大對決！ (Boxing in Public)
- And that's it let's do black should we do a whistle for Celeste so he can blow in the
就這樣，我們來吹黑哨吧，我們應該為塞萊斯特吹個哨子，這樣他就能吹響黑哨了。
- Should we do a whistle for Celeste so he can blow when the round ends?
你為什麼感到難過？
億萬富翁的祕密：查克·費尼的故事！ (Secret Billionaire: The Chuck Feeney Story)
- had to shovel and I’d whistle for Moose, and he’d come over and
必須剷雪，我會吹口哨叫 Moose 過來，他會過來
前迪士尼CEO Bob Chapek：公司需要「成長引擎」！ (Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek Says Company Needs a 'Growth Engine')
- And it wet my whistle for ambition.
這也激起了我的野心。
德國另類選擇黨共同領導人愛麗絲·魏德爾談烏克蘭、移民與德國的未來 | 經濟學人 (AfD co-leader Alice Weidel on Ukraine, migration and Germany’s future | The Economist)
- That phrase, which is really a dog whistle for Muslim doctors, for skilled workers from Muslim countries, is one that I think is very, very scary for many people.
那句話其實就是針對穆斯林醫師與來自穆斯林國家技術人才的暗號，我覺得這對許多人來說非常、非常可怕。