be whistling Dixie Idioma
Whistling Dixie
(USA) If someone is whistling Dixie, they talk about things in a more positive way than the reality.
Dixie
Dixie whistle Dixie Slang To engage in unrealistically rosy fantasizing:
“If you think mass transportation is going to replace the automobile I think you're whistling Dixie” (Henry Ford II).
whistle Dixie
whistle Dixie Engage in unrealistic, hopeful fantasizing, as in
If you think you can drive there in two hours, you're whistling Dixie. This idiom alludes to the song “Dixie” and the vain hope that the Confederacy, known as
Dixie, would win the Civil War.
be whistling Dixie
slang To accept an unrealistic, usually ever optimistic, appearance of something. "Dixie" was a song accepted amid Confederate soldiers during the US Civil War and became associated with continuing to achievement for the success of a absent cause. Primarily heard in US. You're whistling Dixie if you anticipate we're authoritative the playoffs this year.Learn more: Dixie, whistle