'On your whim' equals 'to your liking'?

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Mehrgan

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Hi,
May I, please, know a few possible combinations in which 'whim' can be used?
I've already heard of 'as the whim takes you!'.
Is it also right to say, 'whatever whim you have!'?!



Thanks!
 
I usually only hear "on a whim," like "they decided to go to Paris on a whim."
 
Not merely liking, but specifically a momentary desire. Sometimes you do things on a whim you might regret later.

PS. Whatever your whim may be. He acted on a whim. He acted on his whim. He went wherever his whim took him. Have your whim! -- Have your way, no matter how strange I think it is. My wine whim that night was an 1888 Chateau Latour.
 
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Not merely liking, but specifically a momentary desire. Sometimes you do things on a whim you might regret later.

PS. Whatever your whim may be. He acted on a whim. He acted on his whim. He went wherever his whim took him. Have your whim! -- Have your way, no matter how strange I think it is. My wine whim that night was an 1888 Chateau Latour.

"Have your whim! -- Have your way, no matter how strange I think it is. My wine whim that night was an 1888 Chateau Latour" These seem very unnatural to me.
 
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