at smb.'s whistle

at smb.'s whistle
стоит только свистнуть, по первому зову кого-л.

All this followers... were ready at his whistle to array themselves round him. (Th. Macaulay, ‘The History of England’, vol. III, ch. XIII) — Все его сторонники... готовы сплотиться вокруг него по первому зову.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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