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| fob off with promises (Anglophile); palm off with promises (Anglophile) | |||
| feed promises (Vadim Rouminsky) | |||
| give nothing but promises (тж. give nothing but excuses 4uzhoj) | |||
| Barmecide feast; Barmecidal feast | |||
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| palm someone off with promises (Andrey Truhachev) | |||
| feed someone promises | |||
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| feed smb. promises (She was submissive, naive and I fed her promises I couldn't keep. • True, the magnate was worried that Stein fed him promises for a long time, and the contract was never signed.) | |||