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词组 be whistling in the dark
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Idiom
be whistling in the dark
to be confident that something good will happen when it is not at all likely.
She seems pretty sure she'll win the title, but she may just be whistling in the dark.
idiombe whistling in the darkto be trying to show that you are more confident about a situation than you really are, or that you know more about it than you really do:My doctor will never admit that he's whistling in the dark - he just starts saying things more firmly and writing prescriptions for useless medicine.We say that the bad times are over for business, but that's just 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.

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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