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
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 Hawkins, Norval A.
“A lick and a promise and we’re ready to go.”
From Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border by Carr, Annie Roe
Do hair with a lick and a promise and beat all the other girls to the table.
From Back at School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
