Idiom
spit into the wind
Meaning
Alternative form of piss in the wind.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Trying to fix that broken machine is just spitting into the wind.”
“The manager knows that arguing with the board is like spitting into the wind, but he tries anyway.”
“He realized that challenging the established company policy was merely spitting into the wind, as his superiors had no interest in reform.”
Examples
simple
“Trying to fix that broken machine is just spitting into the wind.”
contextual
“The manager knows that arguing with the board is like spitting into the wind, but he tries anyway.”
complex
“He realized that challenging the established company policy was merely spitting into the wind, as his superiors had no interest in reform.”
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