lick and a promise

[lick and a promise] {n. phr.}, {informal} A careless, hasty job; an unsatisfactory piece of work.

* /You didn't wash your hands. You just gave them a lick and a promise./

* /The boys didn't cut the grass properly. All it got was a lick and a promise./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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