Pay for one's whistle
得不偿失
🧩 词语组成解析
pay
[pe]
vt.& vi. 付款;偿还;补偿;（对…）有利;
vt. 给予;支付;
n. 工资;薪水;报答;
adj. 收费的;需付费的;
pac-, peac-, peas- 表”和平的,平静的”#词根助记：古英语payen,表示”和解,取悦,付酬”,源自古法语paier和拉丁语pacare
for
[fɚ]
prep. 为，为了;倾向于;关于;当作;
conj. 因为，由于;
a. 人们的；自己的
whistle
['wɪsl]
vi. 吹口哨，吹哨子，鸣汽笛;呼啸;（动物）发出刺耳的叫声;吹口哨召唤;
vt. 由吹口哨而发出;吹口哨召唤;用哨声使…行动;
n. 口哨，哨子;汽笛;哨声，笛声;啭鸣声：尖厉高音;
🗣️ 情景例句
and they needed the extra room.
他们需要多一些空间。
There's a possibility we'll go,but it all depends on the weather.
我们去的可能性都取决于天气。
and that if only the common peoples of the would could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the hattlefield.
还说各国民众若在足球场或板球场上交锋，就不愿在战场上残杀的时候，我总是惊愕不已。