English in a Minute: Phrases with 'wind'
Update: 2025-12-10
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Use these phrases with 'wind' in your everyday conversations. It's time to throw caution to the wind!
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1. After years in a stable job, he decided to throw caution to the wind and open his own cafe. بعد از سالها کار ثابت، بیگدار به آب زد و تصمیم گرفت کافهی خودش را باز کند. 2. The marathon runner was exhausted, but the sight of the finish line gave her a second wind. دوندهی ماراتن خسته بود، اما دیدن خط پایان به او جان دوباره داد. 3. Don't let him get wind of the plan – it's supposed to be a surprise party. . 4. *She spent hours looking for her lost earring, but sadly it was gone with the wind.
1. throw caution to the wind بیگدار به آب زدن *She threw caution to the wind by getting on the back of that man’s motorbike.* 2. a second wind جان دوباره گرفتن *I’d lost all motivation after studying all morning, but that coffee has given me a second wind.* 3. get wind of (something) بویی از چیزی بردن *His manager got wind of the fact he was looking for other jobs.* 4. gone with the wind دود شد رفت هوا *The horse jumped over the fence and was gone with the wind – we never found him