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| B:You aren't whistling Dixie. Something about slave? |
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| "Dixie" was the battle song of the separatist Southern States in the failed American Civil War. If you whistle Dixie you are singing the battle cry of the side that lost, a useless act. If it is said that you are not whistling Dixie then it means that there is validity to what you have said or what you are doing. Put another way, you are not (whistling Dixie) wrong. |
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| wo3 zhi1 dao4 le. Xie4 xie4 ni3 :) So if I said "You are whistling Dixie," meaning you are wrong. |
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| More "useless" than wrong. |
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| Clear now. Thanks, Martin. |
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| Hey! I know a great song by the songwriter Kevin Devine who is called "Whistling Dixie". In that song he sings about America. I'm just looking for the lyrics to post them... "We're a nation full of dumbbells pulling nightshifts at the gym we're a nation full of bookworm girls dumbing down to fall in love with them we're a nation full of suspects whistling Dixie at the scene we're a nation full of bad detectives selling clues to everyone we meet we're a nation full of envy Insecure and losing sleep we're a nation full of jealous boyfriends driven nuts by facts and history we're a nation full of ivy it's wall-to-wall-to-wall all green we're a nation full of sound byte blood cells bound in nkots and swelling donw the stream we wrap bibles up in blankets just in case we're watched in sleep but it's the slingshots underneath our pillows theatus calm and rested and relieved 'cause we're a nation built on eggshells bandages and appleseed attractive homes on top bruised foundations that come apart gradually before they're leveled completely" I'm not able to understand every scentence in these lyrics because I've just been learning English for 2 years now. But as far as I can understand, I think the text and your explanations go well together. |
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| Twostep, What did you intend to say? 8) |
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| "Silence is golden" so keep your mouth shut and get rich quick? |
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And no, I don't think this is the song Blacknomi mentioned, but it came to my mind when I read the headline of the thread. :) |
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