palaver vs whistle Dixie

palaver

verb
  • To discuss with much talk. 

  • To flatter. 

noun
  • Disagreement. 

  • A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot. 

  • Mentally-draining activity, either physical or fuss. 

  • Talk intended to deceive. 

  • A village council meeting. 

whistle Dixie

verb
  • To engage in idle conversational fantasies. 

How often have the words palaver and whistle Dixie occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )