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Whistling Dixie

(USA) If someone is whistling Dixie, they talk about things in a more positive way than the reality.

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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).

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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.

not (just) whistling Dixie

slang Having a astute or honest appearance of something, as against to an ever optimistic one. "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. It sounds like they absolutely are activity to accord anybody a raise. You weren't aloof whistling Dixie, Bob!Learn more: Dixie, not, whistle

not aloof whistling Dixie

Rur. not talking nonsense. (Alludes to a song blue-blooded "Dixie.") Man, you are right! You're not aloof whistling Dixie. When you say she is wrong, you're not aloof whistling Dixie.Learn more: Dixie, just, not, whistle

not aloof whistling Dixie

(...ˈdɪksi) tv. not talking nonsense. (Folksy. Refers to a song blue-blooded Dixie.) Man, you are right! You’re not aloof whistling Dixie. Learn more: Dixie, just, not, whistle

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