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词汇 wet your whistle
释义
Idiom
wet your whistlewet (your) whistle
old-fashioned to have a drink, especially an alcoholic drink.
You must be thirsty after all that work - would you care to wet your whistle?
idiomwet your whistleold-fashioned to have a drink, especially an alcoholic one:We called in at the Red Lion before the match - you know just to wet the old whistles.

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 your whistle

OLD-FASHIONED, INFORMAL
If you wet your whistle, you have a drink, especially an alcoholic drink. There's a mouth-watering menu and an excellent selection of beers to wet your whistle. Note: `Whistle' is an old slang word for mouth or throat.

wet your whistle

have a drink. informal

wet your ˈwhistle

(old-fashioned, informal) have an alcoholic drink
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