Catch the whistle
This it the conversation (taken from the dialogues of a British movie released in 1943):
- I wonder who he hypnotised to get that car.
- Some poor girl lame surely, if he caught the whistle.
What does he mean with "caught the whistle"
Top answer
sorry, typo error, hypnotized, not hypnotised.
- sorry, typo error, hypnotized, not hypnotised.
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I am an American, so it is unlikely I would know a Britishism, but I might. The thing is that "some poor girl lame surely" is not English to my ear, so I have to suspect that you heard the rest of it wrong, too. Please provide a link to the audio or video, or at least provide the name of the movie.
0I think you misheard a lot of this. What is the movie called? Do you have a link?
Was the move set in the east end of London?
I am asking because 'a whistle and flute' is old-fashioned Cockney rhyming slang for a suit, ie a suit of clothes.
Was the person in the movie wearing a nice suit?
Clive
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