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Meanings of
idle words
in English
Catalan
frivolitats
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Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
wind
jazz
nothingness
malarkey
malarky
Catalan
frivolitats
Usage of
idle words
in English
1
But
idle
words
,
in the sense of innocent amusement, are not vicious.
2
Yours were no
idle
words
;
and I can never forget them.
3
And they took care not to spoil it with
idle
words
.
4
None know better than the priests how to speak
idle
words
to women.
5
Of course I took no heed of
idle
words
like these.
6
It has simply become a silly habit, this jotting down of
idle
words
.
7
Let go the youth's hand, and into the saddle without more
idle
words
.
8
Those words, the chief of sinners, were but
idle
words
in Paul's mouth.
9
What I require of you is, not
idle
words
,
but liberty.
10
Are the
idle
words
of a jealous child to set friends at variance?
11
But her woman's intuition had gone far below his
idle
words
.
12
Which of us has not
idle
words
to recall, flippant jokes to regret?
13
Say: Woe betide you for the
idle
words
that proceed from your mouths!
14
Joy, sorrow, laughter, tears, love, friendship, longing, despair, are
idle
words
to them.
15
Mr. Trimm wasn't in the habit of letting men deceive him with
idle
words
.
16
But Valentine seemed painfully struck by the almost
idle
words
.
Other examples for "idle words"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
idle
words
idle
Adjective
word
Noun
Translations for
idle words
Catalan
frivolitats
conversa frívola
Idle words
through the time
Idle words
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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