wet one's whistle
Verb
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Verb
- (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.
- 1876, Wilkie Collins, The Two Destinies, ch. 9:
- German: sich die Kehle befeuchten
- Portuguese: molhar a garganta
- Russian: промочить го́рло
- Spanish: mojar el gaznate
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