wet one's whistle

Have a drink, as in I'm just going to wet my whistle before I go out on the tennis court. This expression uses whistle in the sense of "mouth" and may allude to the fact that it is very hard to whistle with dry lips. [Late 1300s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Symeon	-	Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Archie	AHR-chee	Scottish, English
Souta	so:-tah	Japanese
VĚNceslav	-	Czech (Rare)
Annott	['ænət]
Ruxandra	-	Romanian