lip service

Etymology
First use appears c. 1590, in A Treatise against Witchcraft by. Compare earlier.

Noun

 * 1)  Promising but empty talk; words without action or intention.
 * 2)  Cunnilingus (sometimes also referred to as giving lip).
 * 1)  Cunnilingus (sometimes also referred to as giving lip).
 * 1)  Cunnilingus (sometimes also referred to as giving lip).
 * 1)  Cunnilingus (sometimes also referred to as giving lip).
 * 1)  Cunnilingus (sometimes also referred to as giving lip).

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 空口
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: tyhjä puhe, tyhjät sanat
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: promessa vuota, adesione di facciata
 * Japanese: ,
 * Manx: beeal-ghraih
 * Maori: ngutu kau, tautoko-ā-māngai, pare-ā-waha, kai-ā-waha
 * Norwegian: tomprat, tomt prat
 * Portuguese: papo furado, falar da boca para fora
 * Russian: пусты́е слова́, неи́скренние словоизлия́ния
 * Spanish:,  , , hacer brindis al sol
 * Swedish: läpparnas bekännelse
 * Tagalog: ngawngaw