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give lip service Идиома

lip service

support shown by words only and not by action They paid lip service to the proposal but I don

press into service

required to help, forced to serve The young men were injured, so the old men were pressed into service.

at sb's service

ready for sb．'s use or command听任某人使用；听任某人差遣
I am at your service at any time．我随时为你效劳。
My bike is at your service．我的自行车你随便用好了。

pay lip service

Idiom(s): pay lip service (to sth)

Theme: RESPECT - INSINCERE

to express loyalty, respect, or support for something insincerely.
• You don't really care about politics. You're just paying lip service to the candidate.
• Don't sit here and pay lip service. Get busy!

out of service

Idiom(s): out of service

Theme: NONFUNCTIONING

inoperable; not now operating.
• Both elevators are out of service, so I had to use the stairs.
• The washroom is temporarily out of service.

of service

Idiom(s): be of service (to sb)

Theme: HELPFULNESS

to help someone; to serve someone. (A phrase often used by salesclerks.)
• Good morning, madam. May I be of service to you?
• Welcome to the Warwick Hotel. May I be of service?

at one's service

Idiom(s): be at one's service

Theme: HELPFULNESS

to be ready to help someone in any way.
• The count greeted me warmly and said, "Welcome to my home. Just let me know what you need. I'm at your service."
• The desk clerk said, "Good morning, madam. I'm at your service. "

at one's service|service

adv. phr. 1. Ready to serve or help you; prepared to obey your wish or command; subject to your orders. He placed himself completely at the President's service. "Now I am at your service," the dentist told the next patient. 2. Available for your use; at your disposal. He put a car and chauffeur at the visitor's service.

curb service|curb|service

n. Waiting on customers while they sit in their cars. Families with small children often look for hamburger stands that offer curb service.

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.

give lip service

To accord a apocryphal or insincere acknowledgment that one allegedly values, supports, respects, or believes in something. Fighting homelessness was accustomed as his primary calendar during his campaign, but so far it looks like he was alone giving lip service. I'm annoyed of politicians who do annihilation but accord lip account to the above issues affecting our country.Learn more: give, lip, service

lip service, to give/pay

An insincere announcement of friendship, devotion, or support. Both the Old and New Testaments accommodate references to anniversary God or Jesus alone with one’s aperture (Isaiah 29:13; Matthew 15:8). The religious affiliation is maintained in an aboriginal English reference, “Pleasing themselves in their lip-service in address a allotment in it,” in the 1644 Directory for the Publique Worship Throughout the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Learn more: give, lip, pay, to

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