empty promise
noun
A promise that its maker does not intend or expect to fulfil; a false assurance; frequently in plural.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Bilson (?1547–1616), bishop of Winchester.
- straightly
- straight man
- straightness
- straight off (or out)
- straight (or right) away
- straight pool
- straight razor
- straight shooter
- straight-shooting
- straight-six
- straight stitch
- straight-talking
- straight-thinking
- straight time
- straight up
- straightway
- strain
- strainable
- strain at the leash
- strained
- strain energy
- strainer
- strain every nerve
- strain gauge
- strait