英美人天天都在说的4000句 195:wet one’s whistle

　　[00:01]M：I'll take this fucking thing and put it through the window,
[00:03]and me and Cheswick will go out through the hall,
[00:05]downtown, sit down in a bar, wet our whistles and watch the ball game.
[00:11]And that's the bet¹. Now, does anybody want any of it? Huh?
[00:14]T：You're going to lift that thing?
[00:17]M：Yeah. That's right.
[00:20]H：Giving up?
[00:21]M：No! Just warming up!

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v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。