shall : Idioms & Phrases

• noun cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
  Languas speciosa; shellflower; Alpinia Zerumbet; Alpinia speciosa; shell ginger.
  

WordNet

Shill"-I-shall`-I, Shil"ly-shal`ly adverb (Also<

• Shill-I-shall-I
• Shilly-shally

)

Etymology

A reduplication of shall I.

Definitions

1. In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner.

   I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. Congreve.

Webster 1913