whistling in the dark

[Alison Murie]

Tom Edsel, on  NPR's "On Point"this morning used the phrase "whistling in
the dark" in a context that strongly suggested that he meant something like
"building castles in the air" rather than warding off fear of the dark by
faking insouciance.  Has the meaning of this old expression morphed into a
new sort of Panglossianism?
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