Translation of "pay lip service" to German

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Dictionary translations for "pay lip service"

pay lip service verb

ein Lippenbekenntnis ablegen

Contexts with "pay lip service"

Is management really going to consider our bonus, or was that just lip service? Wird das Management wirklich unseren Bonus berücksichtigen oder war das nur ein Lippenbekenntnis.

The businessman is trying to keep his people on the go by keeping a stiff upper lip, but they are just acting like a dying duck in a thunderstorm. Der Unternehmer versucht, seine Leute mit Durchhalteparolen auf Trapp zu halten, aber die stehen nur wie der Ochs vorm Berg.

She let him pay the bill as a matter of course. Sie ließ wie selbstverständlich ihn die Rechnung zahlen.

Where is the Customs Service? Wo ist das Zollamt?

I bit the inside of my lip and got a canker sore. Ich habe innen auf meine Lippe gebissen und ein schlimmes Geschwür davon bekommen.

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