Piss in the wind
be spitting in the wind
A very bad idea, unless you enjoy being covered in your own piss.
be pissing in the wind definition: to be trying to do something when there is no hope of succeeding. Learn more.
Description:Otherwise, why make a point of it? This has given rise the the saying "you can whistle for it", meaning "you can hope for it and want it but you won't get it". I think I've also heard the phrase "whistle up a storm," but perhaps not, since I'm not nautical nor nice. Sailors used to believe that whistling on board ship would provoke the wind to blow, and so whistling was forbidden unless the ship were becalmed, in which case the crew would whistle with all their might for a wind. If you emend the phrase to "pissing into the wind," or if you actually do it, the consequences will be readily apparent.
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