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- He can whistle for it!
He can whistle for it!
He/She/They can whistle for it!
(old-fashioned) something that you say which means you are determined that someone will not get what they want If they want money, they can whistle for it. They're not getting a penny out of me!
See blow the whistle on, wet whistle
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Mehr | | - | Persian, Persian Mythology |
| Faiz | | - | Arabic |
| Erasyl | | - | Kazakh |
| Gunda | | GUWN-dah (German) | German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic |
| Trystan | | - | Welsh |
| Cora | | ['kɔ:rə] | |