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 Norval A. Hawkins
It ought not to surprise the reader when I say that my morning toilet was hasty—something less than "a lick and a promise."
From A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
Hair-dressing was simplicity itself; in fact, the simplicity suggested a lick and a promise.
From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous
