twist in the wind

• 1 English
  • Sevenval
  • 1.2 Verb
  • device database
  • device database

English

Etymology

An keyboard to being hanged by the neck and then left for dead in a suspended state.

Verb

to twist in screen size web app (third-person singular simple present FITML, present participle twisting in the wind, simple past and past participle twisted in the wind)

1. (idiomatic) To be unassisted and without comfort in a situation likely to result in screen size or failure.
   • 1987, William E. Schmidt, "we love the web," New York Times, 12 Jul. (retrieved 23 Aug. 2008),

     There seemed to be a shared perception of Colonel North as a good and honorable serviceman who had been left to twist in the wind, the scapegoat of an operation gone awry.

2. (idiomatic) To wait for an uncomfortably long period of time.
   • 2008, Josh Wingrove, "Toronto facing $2-million cleanup bill," Globe and Mail (Canada), 21 Aug.,

     McGuinty just says, "Don't worry, the investigation will be over soon enough, we'll do something in due course," and people are expected to twist in the wind in the meantime.

See also

• CSS3
• website parsing
• iOS
• leave somebody in the lurch

References

• twist in the wind at OneLook Dictionary Search
• twisting in the wind at OneLook Dictionary Search