Definition
To request or ask for with no chance of success.
In Context
- "If we wanted something we could whistle for it - but if the Australians wanted something you'd got to get it for them, or else."
- "She could whistle for it now; she wouldn't get a penny from him even if she crawled on all fours."
- "And if it was milk I was after from that environment I could clearly whistle for it."
- "And as for ceilings, you can whistle for them. I have lived in this house for six years and it hasn't hurt me."