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whistle Dixie
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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.Discover More
Example Sentences
At least on disaster funding, the Congressman can whistle Dixie.
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