whistling in the dark

to be confident about something although you have no good reason to be confident He wasn't very sure of his chances at the time - he was really just whistling in the dark, hoping to get some support.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tihomir	-	Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
Minna	MI-nah (German), MEEN-nah (Finnish)	German (Archaic), Finnish, Swedish
Ryan	['raiən]
Teja	-	Slovene
Kaloyan	-	Bulgarian
Ninian	-	Scottish, Irish, Ancient Celtic