See whistle Dixie on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Refers to the song \"Dixie\", the traditional anthem of the Confederate States of America. The full implication is that the Confederacy would not succeed in the American Civil War through sentiment or token action alone.",
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"text": "He said he was going to open a business next year, but I think he was just whistling Dixie.",
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"text": "\"Sure is hot!\" / \"You ain't whistlin' Dixie!",
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"To engage in idle conversational fantasies."
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"(idiomatic, Southern US) To engage in idle conversational fantasies."
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"sense": "engage in idle conversation, often including fantasies",
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"word": "bullshit"
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{
"sense": "engage in idle conversation, often including fantasies",
"word": "shoot the breeze"
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{
"sense": "engage in idle conversation, often including fantasies",
"word": "shoot the shit"
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{
"sense": "engage in idle conversation, often including fantasies",
"word": "build castles in the air"
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{
"sense": "'whistle' idioms",
"word": "whistle down the wind"
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{
"sense": "'whistle' idioms",
"word": "whistle in the dark"
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"sense": "'whistle' idioms",
"word": "whistle in the wind"
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{
"sense": "'whistle' idioms",
"word": "whistle past the graveyard"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiǎngrùfēifēi",
"sense": "to engage in idle conversational phantasies",
"word": "想入非非"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to engage in idle conversational phantasies",
"word": "puhua joutavia"
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"sense": "to engage in idle conversational phantasies",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "fantazjować"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "česátʹ jazykóm",
"sense": "to engage in idle conversational phantasies",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чеса́ть языко́м"
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"roman": "balabónitʹ",
"sense": "to engage in idle conversational phantasies",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "балабо́нить"
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"roman": "gorodítʹ jerundú",
"sense": "to engage in idle conversational phantasies",
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"word": "городи́ть ерунду́"
}
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"word": "whistle Dixie"
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"sense": "engage in idle conversation, often including fantasies",
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"sense": "engage in idle conversation, often including fantasies",
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"sense": "engage in idle conversation, often including fantasies",
"word": "build castles in the air"
},
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"sense": "'whistle' idioms",
"word": "whistle down the wind"
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"sense": "'whistle' idioms",
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"sense": "'whistle' idioms",
"word": "whistle in the wind"
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"sense": "'whistle' idioms",
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},
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"glosses": [
"To engage in idle conversational fantasies."
],
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"(idiomatic, Southern US) To engage in idle conversational fantasies."
],
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"translations": [
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiǎngrùfēifēi",
"sense": "to engage in idle conversational phantasies",
"word": "想入非非"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to engage in idle conversational phantasies",
"word": "puhua joutavia"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to engage in idle conversational phantasies",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "fantazjować"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "česátʹ jazykóm",
"sense": "to engage in idle conversational phantasies",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чеса́ть языко́м"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "balabónitʹ",
"sense": "to engage in idle conversational phantasies",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "балабо́нить"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gorodítʹ jerundú",
"sense": "to engage in idle conversational phantasies",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "городи́ть ерунду́"
}
],
"word": "whistle Dixie"
}
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