wet one's whistle

English

Verb

to wet one's whistle

1. (idiomatic) To have a drink; to quench one's thirst.
   • 1876, Wilkie Collins, The Two Destinies, ch. 9:

     I'll take another glass of the sherry wine, just to wet my whistle, as the vulgar saying is, before I begin.

Translations

to have drink

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  Mandarin: 润喉 (cmn), 解渴 (cmn)

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• Finnish: kostuttaa kurkkuaan (fi)
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• Icelandic: væta kverkarnar (is)
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• Portuguese: molhar a garganta (pt)
• Russian: промочить горло (ru) (promočitʹ gorlo)
• Spanish: apagar la sed (es)
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