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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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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