English Dictionary

whistle in the wind

動詞

イギリス英語 特に 慣用表現

(especially UK, idiomatic) To attempt something that is futile; to say something that is not heeded.

日本語の意味

効果のない、徒労に終わる試みをする / 無駄な努力や、聞かれもしない意見を述べる

If you think arguing with him will change anything, you're just going to whistle in the wind.

彼と議論して何かが変わると思っているなら、それはただの無駄なあがきにすぎない。

意味（1）

(especially UK, idiomatic) To attempt something that is futile; to say something that is not heeded.

[T]hey are expending more and more effort on trying to get right something that cannot, and should not, be done in the first place. […] Endless exhortations to do it better are, to put it politely, whistling in the wind.

whistles in the wind （ present singular third-person ）

whistling in the wind （ participle present ）

whistled in the wind （ participle past ）

whistled in the wind （ past ）