Pay lip service
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4To express support for something without really acting on it
ज़बानी जमा-ख़र्च करना
Twenty offices paid lip service and one signed.
To pay lip service is cheap and visible.
Daily use: Sirf lip service de rahe the.
Lips का काम है बोलना। अगर service सिर्फ़ lips से दी जा रही है, तो support सिर्फ़ बोलकर हो रहा है, काम से नहीं। यही lip service है।
The job of the lips is to speak. If you give service only with your lips, you support something in words alone, openly and loudly, but your hands do nothing. That is lip service.
इसका meaning है support सिर्फ़ शब्दों में, काम में नहीं। Options में tokenism related है, जबकि sincerity और 'actions speak louder than words' उल्टी दिशा में हैं।
It means support shown in words but not in action. Tokenism is a related option; sincerity and 'actions speak louder than words' point the other way.