Definition
To attempt something that is futile; to say something that is not heeded.
In Context
- "[T]hey are expending more and more effort on trying to get right something that cannot, and should not, be done in the first place. […] Endless exhortations to "do it better" are, to put it politely, whistling in the wind."
- "It doesn’t matter how strong your USP is or how powerful your value proposition, if the message isn’t reaching the right people you're whistling in the wind."
- "[E]veryone is doing no more than whistling powerlessly in the wind."
Also Said As
- piss in the wind
- piss up a rope
See Also
- whistle Dixie
- whistle down the wind
- whistle in the dark
- whistle past the graveyard