twist slowly in the wind

twist (slowly) in the wind

in. to suffer the agony of some punishment, powerless to do anything about it, as if one had been hanged. (Figurative only.) I’ll see you twist in the wind for trying to frustrate this investigation.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adetokunbo	-	Western African, Yoruba
Emmaline	EM-ə-leen	English
Amaranta	-	Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Philetos	-	Biblical Greek
Erich	E-rikh	German
Philokrates	-	Ancient Greek