Английский словарь американских идиом - lip service
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Lip service
lip service
{n.} Support shown by words only and not by actions; a show of loyalty that is not proven in action. - Usually used with "pay". * /Bv holding elections, communism pays lip service to democracy, but it offers only one candidate per office./ * /Some people pay lip service to education, but don't vote taxes for better schools./
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1.
~ n pay lip service to to say that you support or agree with something without doing anything to prove your support (They're only paying lip service to women's rights.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
If you say that someone pays lip service to an idea, you are critical of them because they say they are in favour of it, but they do not do anything to support it. Unhappily, he had done no more than pay lip service to their views. N-UNCOUNT: usu N to n/-ing c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
noun Date: 1644 an avowal of advocacy, adherence, or allegiance expressed in words but not backed by deeds — usually used with pay ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
1. лицемерие; неискреннее выражение преданности, любви, уважения; пустые слова to pay lip-service to smb. —- лицемерно уверять кого-л. в своих чувствах to pay lip-service to smth. —- признавать (поддерживать) что-л. только на словах ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
5.
noun неискренние словоизлияния; пустые слова; - pay lip-service to smth. - pay lip-service to smb. ...Англо-русский словарь
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