Shilly Shally.
A corruption of “Will I, shall I,” or “Shall I, shall I.”
“There’s no delay, they neʹer stand shall I, shall I,
Hermogʹenes with Dalʹlila doth dally.”
A corruption of “Will I, shall I,” or “Shall I, shall I.”
“There’s no delay, they neʹer stand shall I, shall I,
Hermogʹenes with Dalʹlila doth dally.”
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.