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The phrase "for the birds" usually just means that something is worthless. Someone will get frustrated and say "this is for the birds" ... and it means, it is pointless to be here. I am not getting anything out of it. That sort of thing.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe phrase "for the birds" means that something is not worth a person's time or energy.
No matter what others say, I think this ridiculous plan is for the birds.
Let's just buy some new t-shirts because trying to get these stains out is for the birds.
The bird figure of speech is a technique that is meant to divert attention, change the subject or mislead.
Ethan Luca Yieh
Since the figurative language has 'like' and is comparing two things, it is not an idiom. It is a simile. It means that you are whistling nicely, like a bird would do.
Eric LI
Eric LI
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∙ 10y agowhat is the meaning of whistles like a bird
Ethan Luca Yieh
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Eric LI
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∙ 15y agoWhen bread becomes stale, and no longer fit for humans...we sometimes throw it on the ground......for the birds to eat. Something that is no longer good thus becomes "for the birds."
Eric LI
to whistle nicely
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