whistle Dixie
To engage in idle conversational fantasies.
He said he was going to open a business next year, but I think he was just whistling Dixie.
dixie
UK /ˈdɪksi/ US /ˈdɪksi/
name 5noun 1
Definitions
name
1
The Southern United States, especially the former Confederate States.
2
The southwestern corner of Utah.
3
A female given name transferred from the place name.
4
A number of places in the United States:
5
A number of places in the United States:
noun
1
A large iron pot, used in the army.
four men generally like to mess together, and one cooking pot among them takes the place of a mess-tin or "dixie"
Then from the communication trenches came dixies or iron pots, filled with steaming tea, which had two wooden stakes through their handles, and were carried by two men.
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