Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь

И ЩИСВИЩИ ВЕТРА В ПОЛЕ

ИЩИ <ДОГОНЯЙ> ВЕТРА В ПОЛЕ; ИЩИ-СВИЩИ (ВЕТРА В ПОЛЕ; ИЩИ ДА СВИЩИallcoll
[Impersent; these forms only; often after теперь, тогдаetc; fixedWO]
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(usu.in refer, to people) it is no use searching, you will not be able to finds.o.orsth.(said whens.o.orsth.has disappeared completely and is impossible to locate):
-you can (go) whistle for him (heretc);
-you'll never find (see) him (itetc) again;
-he (itetc) is gone with the wind.
♦ [Хороших:] А теперь где те геологи? [Дергачов:] Ищи-свищи (Вампилов 2). [Kh.:] And where are them geologists now? [D.:] You can go whistle for them (2b).