lick and a promise
Example Sentences
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Dismissed foreign policy and foreign trade with a lick and a promise.
From Time Magazine Archive
Malachy whispers our wash was a lick and a promise, that’s what Mam would say.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
One of her mother's phrases came into her head: 'a lick and a promise.'
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
There was no "lick and a promise" in Nan Sherwood's housekeeping.
From Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret by Annie Roe Carr
And when you polish your shoes in the morning preparatory to starting your day's work, do you just give them "a lick and a promise," or do you "make 'em shine?"
From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins
