WHISTLE IN THE DARK

Meaning of WHISTLE IN THE DARK in English

phrasal

: to keep up one's courage by or as if by whistling

a series of optimistic statements and much whistling in the dark — Rupert Emerson

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

WHISTLE IN THE DARK — phrasal to keep up one's courage by or as if by whistling
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — : to keep up one's courage by or as if by whistling
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — to keep up one's courage by or as if by whistling
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — pretend to be unafraid. → whistle
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — {v. phr.}, {informal} To try to stay brave and forget your fear. * /Tom said he could fight the bully …
Slang English vocab
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — {v. phr.}, {informal} To try to stay brave and forget your fear. * /Tom said he could fight the bully …
Словарь английских идиом
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — v. phr. , informal To try to stay brave and forget your fear. Tom said he could fight the bully …
American Idioms English vocabulary
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — 1) ободрять, подбадривать 2) напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — а> ободрять, подбадривать; б> напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — 1) ободрять, подбадривать 2) напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — маскировать волнение или страх, напускать на себя спокойствие, ободрять, подбадривать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — маскировать волнение или страх, напускать на себя спокойствие, ободрять, подбадривать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — 1) ободрять, подбадривать 2) напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — 1) ободрять, подбадривать 2) напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — а> ободрять, подбадривать; б> напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — а. ободрять, подбадривать; б. напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — expr AmE infml She's just whistling in the dark. She has no idea of what's going on — Она просто строит …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — expr AmE infml She's just whistling in the dark. She has no idea of what's going on — Она просто …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — whistle in the dark expr AmE infml She's just whistling in the dark. She has no idea of what's going …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — She's just whistling in the dark. She has no idea of what's going on — Она просто строит предположения, а …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — 1) ободрять, подбадривать 2) напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHISTLE — I. ˈhwisəl also ˈwi- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DARK — I. ˈdärk, ˈdȧk adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English derk, from Old English deorc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHISTLE — (v. i.) An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a …
Английский словарь Webster
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Английский словарь Webster
DARK — (a.) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some …
Английский словарь Webster
WHISTLE — ( v. i. ) An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DARK — ( a. ) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHISTLE — — whistleable , adj. /hwis"euhl, wis"-/ , v. , whistled, whistling , n. v.i. 1. to make a clear musical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DARK — /dahrk/ , adj., darker, darkest , n. , v. adj. 1. having very little or no light: a dark room. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHISTLE — I. ˈhwi-səl, ˈwi- noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwistle; akin to Old Norse hvīsla to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DARK — I. ˈdärk adjective Etymology: Middle English derk, from Old English deorc; akin to Old High German tarchannen to hide Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
DARK — vt to darken to obscure. 2. dark ·adj deprived of sight; blind. 3. dark ·noun the condition of ignorance; gloom; …
Webster English vocab
WHISTLE — [whis.tle] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE hwistle; akin to ON hvisla to whisper] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a small …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DARK — [dark] adj [ME derk, fr. OE deorc; akin to OHG tarchannen to hide] (bef. 12c) 1 a: devoid or partially …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHISTLE — short flute having a stopped lower end and a flue that directs the player's breath from the mouth hole at …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHISTLE — / ˈwɪsl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a small metal or plastic tube that you blow to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DARK — / dɑːk; NAmE dɑːrk/ adjective , noun ■ adjective ( dark·er , dark·est ) WITH LITTLE LIGHT 1. with no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHISTLE — I. whis ‧ tle 1 /ˈwɪs ə l/ BrE AmE verb 1 . HIGH SOUND [intransitive and transitive] to make …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DARK — I. dark 1 S2 W1 /dɑːk $ dɑːrk/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative darker , superlative darkest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHISTLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a clear shrill sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between nearly closed …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DARK — adj. & n. --adj. 1 with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHISTLE — n. & v. n. 1 a clear shrill sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between nearly closed …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DARK — adj. & n. adj. 1 with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHISTLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a clear shrill sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between nearly closed …
Oxford English vocab
DARK — adj. & n. --adj. 1. with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Oxford English vocab
WHISTLE — ( whistles, whistling, whistled) 1. When you whistle or when you whistle a tune, you make a series of musical …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DARK — ( darker, darkest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When it is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHISTLE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bullet whistles (= moves fast making a noise ) ▪ I heard a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DARK — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dark cloud (= a black or grey cloud ) ▪ A dark cloud …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHISTLE — [verb] - to make a high sound by forcing air through a small hole or passage, esp. through the lips, …
Cambridge English vocab
DARK — [noun] [U]If you eat carrots does it really help you to see in the dark?I've always been afraid of the …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DARK — Synonyms and related words : Egyptian darkness, Erebus, Gothicism, Stygian, ableptical, abominable, abstruse, adiaphanous, age of ignorance, amaurotic, amoral, amorphous, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DARK — n. Function: adjective 1 deficient in light FF1C; a dark room FF1E; Synonyms: caliginous, dim, dun, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WHISTLE — I. noun 1 small metal/plastic tube that you blow ADJECTIVE ▪ dog , police , train ▪ guard's , referee's …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DARK — See ↑ DARK 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a shot in the dark • ↑ be in the dark • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
DARK — INDEX: 1. dark and with little or no light 2. to become dark 3. darkness RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ LIGHT …
Longman Activator English vocab
DARK — n. 25B6; adjective a dark night : BLACK, pitch-black, jet-black, inky; unlit, unilluminated; starless, moonless; dingy, gloomy, dusky, shadowy, shady; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DARK — adj. 1 unlit, unlighted, unilluminated, ill-lighted, ill-lit, sunless; black, Stygian, pitch-dark, inky, jet-black We cowered in a recess in the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DARK — adjective BAD : Soon it began to become dark and it was time to go home. GOOD : Soon it …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WHISTLE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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