口惠而實不至kǒu huì ér shí bù zhìbe generous with promises never fulfilled; make a promise and not keep it; more praise than pudding; pay lip service
? 田主是～，胥吏便乘機(jī)撈取油水； ……(葉圣陶《倪煥之》324) The landowners were generous with their promises but these were never fulfilled,while the local officials seized every opportunity of making what they could on the side; …/在已逐漸覺悟的民眾不是能夠以革命帽子戴了去盲目的沖動，在已有組織的民眾，我們更不能用什么～的假面具去蒙騙他，……(《周恩來選集》上—5)A gradually awakening people cannot be pushed to act blindly in the name of revolution;still less can we be so hypocritical as to cheat an organized people with unrealistic promises. 口惠而實不至kǒu huì ér shí bù zhì惠：恩惠。只在口頭上答應(yīng)給他人好處，但實際上卻不兌現(xiàn)。make a promise and not keep it, more praise than pudding, pay lip service |