单词 | whistle something down the wind |
释义 | whistle something down the wind1Let something go; abandon something.Don't let the little ones near it unless you can afford to whistle it down the wind. 2 archaic Turn a trained hawk loose by casting it off with the wind.A falcon born and raised as a hunting bird can be whistled down the wind and return to the wild as if it had been there all its life. See parent entry: whistle |
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