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
See also: can, he, whistle

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hugleikr-Ancient Scandinavian
Theotimos-Ancient Greek
HipÓLitoee-PO-lee-to (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Marcial-Spanish
EmilE-mil (Swedish), E-meel (German, Polish), e-MEEL (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian,
TapioTAH-pee-o (Finnish)Finnish, Finnish Mythology