whistle Dixie English

Meaning whistle Dixie meaning

What does whistle Dixie mean?

whistle Dixie verb

— to engage in idle conversational phantasies

Examples whistle Dixie examples

How do I use whistle Dixie in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The policeman carries a whistle.

Tom began to whistle to himself.

A whistle blew, and the boat slowly began to pull out of port.

On hearing the whistle, they started at full speed.

The policeman blew his whistle for the car to stop.

The whistle blew.

The referee blew his whistle to end the match.

I heard someone whistle.

I blew the whistle on him.

The policeman blew his whistle and gave a sign for the car to stop.

I need something to wet my whistle.

Don't whistle at school.

She's trying to whistle, but she doesn't know how.

I cannot whistle.

Don't let him whistle.

He knows how to whistle.

We were roused at daybreak by the whistle of a train.

He began to whistle a tune.

When he heard the whistle, he crossed the street.

The police officer blew his whistle.

We were wakened by the whistle of the steam locomotive at dawn.

He can't whistle.

Tom can't whistle.

I can't whistle.

News and current affairs

Let's hope that when the last whistle blows at the final in Berlin on July 9, we Germans retain as much of this positive spirit as possible.

The IMF has been criticized for burdening borrowers with unnecessary and sometimes perverse lending conditions, but its highly qualified staff has not been shy in blowing the whistle when it perceived domestic vulnerabilities in other countries.

A successful businessman, he could become an ombudsman and whistle-blower, which would be a real innovation.

The decision by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's government to try two senior judges for blowing the whistle on vote rigging in last autumn's parliamentary elections has rocked the country.

And in 2004, the IAEA blew the whistle on South Korea's non-safeguarded plutonium and enrichment experiments.

When the final whistle sounded on a 1-0 victory for Japan, the crowd, infuriated, burst into spontaneous pogroms and beatings.

And they will regret that the French are not the prosaic sort of people who know how to be themselves at normal cruising speed, without having to hear a cannonball whistle past.

In Iran, a dissident group, not the IAEA, blew the whistle.