to the wind Идиома
pissing into the wind
working at a hopeless job, feeling futile about a task Cleaning up an oil spill is like pissing into the wind - hopeless!
three sheets to the wind
very drunk, plastered, pissed to the gills The Captain was three sheets to the wind - staggering.
throw caution to the wind
live or act carelessly, not be cautious Let's throw caution to the wind and buy ten dresses!
Sail close to the wind
If you sail close to the wind, you take risks to do something, going close to the limit of what is allowed or acceptable.
Seven sheets to the wind
If someone is seven sheets to the wind, they are very drunk.
sail close to the wind|sail|wind
v. phr. To be on the borderline between legality and illegality.
The wealthy tycoon sailed close to the wind during Prohibition.
throw caution to the winds|caution|discretion|thro
v. phr. To be daring; make a bold or risky move.
Hearing that Apaches were planning to start a war, the whites decided to throw caution to the winds and attack the Apaches first.
throw caution to the winds
throw caution to the winds Also,
throw discretion to the winds. Behave or speak very rashly, as in
Throwing caution to the winds, he ran after the truck, or
I'm afraid she's thrown discretion to the winds and told everyone about the divorce. This expression uses
to the winds in the sense of “utterly vanishing” or “out of existence,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s. The first recorded use of
throw to the winds was in 1885.
to the (four) wind(s)
In all or abounding altered directions. After the aggregation went bankrupt, our aggregation was broadcast to the wind. All my accompany broadcast to the four apprehension afterwards aerial school, so I don't accept any able admiration to return.to the wind(s) (or the four winds)
1 in all directions. 2 so as to be alone or neglected. 1 1995 Kate Atkinson Behind the Scenes at the Museum My little army scatters to the four apprehension and are hugged and congratulated by their corresponding parents for actuality so pretty, charming, cute, delightful, and so on. Learn more: wind