be whistling in the dark

To be sure of a particular outcome when all evidence points to the contrary. Based on the polls, he's whistling in the dark if he thinks he's going to unseat the incumbent. He never pays any attention to you, so you're whistling in the dark if you think he's really going to ask you out on a date.

be whistling in the dark

If someone is whistling in the dark, they are trying to make themselves feel less afraid. Then I waited, trying not to feel as if I were whistling in the dark, but I experienced no easing of my fear and anxiety.

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释义	be whistling in the dark be whistling in the dark To be sure of a particular outcome when all evidence points to the contrary. Based on the polls, he's whistling in the dark if he thinks he's going to unseat the incumbent. He never pays any attention to you, so you're whistling in the dark if you think he's really going to ask you out on a date. See also: dark, whistle Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. be whistling in the dark If someone is whistling in the dark, they are trying to make themselves feel less afraid. Then I waited, trying not to feel as if I were whistling in the dark, but I experienced no easing of my fear and anxiety. See also: dark, whistle Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: be going great guns if (one's) a day if a day if one’s a day if he is a day if he's, she's, etc. a day if (one) is a day be (as) green as a gooseberry gooseberry green as a gooseberry References in periodicals archive Like they know they could be whistling in the dark, but that such whistling is the only response they've got, and that they are not going to give up or let us sit there without so much as an accompanying tune. Is there anybody out there?
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