to get wind of something---------得到风声，事先得到消息

英文释义
hear information or rumors about something before it happens.

例句
My brother, who is an electrical engineer, sometimes gets wind of new technological products by talking with old friends of his who are also engineers.
我兄弟是电气工程师，有时候他会在与同为工程师的老朋友的谈话当中得到新技术产品的消息。