whistle Dixie

短语

想入非非

发音

AU

词形变化

whistled Dixie whistles Dixie 三单 whistles Dixie whistling Dixie whistling Dixie 现在分词 whistled Dixie 过去式 whistled Dixie 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To engage in idle conversational fantasies.

    想入非非

    习语

    He said he was going to open a business next year, but I think he was just whistling Dixie.

    "Sure is hot!" / "You ain't whistlin' Dixie!

词源

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.

来源：wiktionary