n.
a whistle on a boat that is sounded as a warning

(as) clean as a whistle Idiom, Proverb

all the bells and whistles

a lot of extra features, lots of goodies, loaded When Horst sold his business he bought a motorhome with all the bells and whistles.

as clean as a whistle

without any dirt or marks, smooth and clean The hen squeezed, and out popped an egg as clean as a whistle.

bells and whistles

(See all the bells and whistles)

blow the whistle

tell the teacher or the police, squeal Jimmy knows we stole the keys, but he won't blow the whistle.

sing (whistle) a different tune

contradict something said before, talk or act in the opposite way Usually he doesn

wet your whistle

have a drink, quench your thirst If you're thirsty, have some apple cider to wet your whistle.

blow the whistle on

to inform on

whistle for

demand or expect without success；fail to obtain空想；徒然想得到
Mary didn't even thank us for helping her，so next time she needs help she can whistle for it．我们帮了玛丽的忙，她连谢都不谢，下次她休想别人帮她忙。
I'm not prepared to use any of the firm's money to pay this man；let him whistle for his money．我不准备用公司的钱付给那个人，他休想得到钱。

wet one's whistle

Idiom(s): wet one's whistle

Theme: DRINKING

to take a drink of something. (Folksy.)
• Wow, am I thirsty. I need something to wet my whistle.
• Hey, Sally! Give her something to wet her whistle.

slick as a whistle

Idiom(s): (as) slick as a whistle

Theme: SPEED

quickly and cleanly; quickly and skillfully.
• Tom took a broom and a mop and cleaned the place up as slick as a whistle.
• Slick as a whistle, Sally pulled off the bandage.

(as) apple-pie as a whistle

1. Neat and tidy in appearance. This abode needs to be as apple-pie as a blare afore my mother-in-law gets here.2. Well-behaved and not complex in actionable or ambiguous activities. You can assurance George, he's a acceptable kid—as apple-pie as a whistle. I don't accept a bent record, I'm apple-pie as a whistle.3. Entirely; totally. The handle aloof bankrupt off, apple-pie as a whistle! I can't accept it!Learn more: clean, whistle

clean as a whistle

Completely, entirely, thoroughly, as in He chopped off the branch, apple-pie as a whistle. The allusion in this affinity is unclear. It may accept been a backup for the 18th-century clear as a whistle, which alluded to the pure, apple-pie complete of a blare (it has few overtones). However, it was adopted to call article thoroughly done. [Early 1800s] Learn more: clean, whistle

clean as a whistle

1. If addition is as clean as a whistle, they accept done annihilation abandoned or illegal. `There is no sex, drugs or bedrock 'n' roll. His clandestine activity is as apple-pie as a whistle,' says McSmith. He emerged from this nasty, backbiting attack with his acceptability as apple-pie as a whistle.
2. If article is as clean as a whistle, it is absolutely chargeless from dirt. It leaves your face activity apple-pie as a blare but not bone-dry.Learn more: clean, whistle

clean as a whistle

1 acutely apple-pie or clear. 2 chargeless of incriminating evidence. informalLearn more: clean, whistle

(as) apple-pie as a ˈwhistle

(informal)
1 (also (as) apple-pie as a new ˈpin) actual clean: She adjourned the kitchen attic until it was apple-pie as a whistle.
2 if somebody is as apple-pie as a whistle, they are not complex in annihilation illegal: I don’t apperceive why the badge appetite to allocution to me. I’m as apple-pie as a whistle!Learn more: clean, whistle

clean as a whistle

Thoroughly or neatly done; also, pure, unsoiled. The aboriginal nineteenth-century use of this term, which appears in William Carr’s The Dialect of Craven (1828) as a accepted affinity acceptation “wholly” or “entirely,” was in such guise as “Head taken off as apple-pie as a whistle” (W. S. Mayo, Kaloolah, 1849). Why this should be akin to a blare is not certain. In the eighteenth aeon the affinity was “clear as a whistle,” apparently apropos to the authentic complete produced by a whistle, almost chargeless of overtones. From “clear” and “pure” to “clean” is not so actual far. Another approach holds that “whistle” came from “whittle”—that is, apple-pie as copse is afterwards actuality whittled—but this affinity seems beneath likely.Learn more: clean, whistle

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