lick and a promise
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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
Mrs Day was not in the habit of "givin' things a lick and a promise" nowadays when she cleaned house.
From Janice Day at Poketown by Helen Beecher Long
One of her mother's phrases came into her head: 'a lick and a promise.'
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
As a reporter, he was really industrious in matters that met his fancy; but "cast-iron items"—for he hated facts and figures requiring absolute accuracy—got from him only "a lick and a promise."
From Mark Twain by Archibald Henderson
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