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15:55 Mar 2, 2020
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English term or phrase: jam tomorrow
Definition from Macmillan Dictionary:
Something good that is promised but never happens. The phrase "jam tomorrow" was coined by Lewis Carroll in his children's story "Through the Looking Glass". The White Queen tells Alice, "The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday – but never jam to-day."

Example sentence(s):
  • An innovation pessimist could dismiss [current innovations being fueled by cheap processing power] as "jam tomorrow". But the idea that technology-led growth must either continue unabated or steadily decline, rather than ebbing and flowing, is at odds with history. The Economist
  • Even though work on the eastern bypass will start very shortly, I am not sure I will truly believe it until I see cars driving up and down it, so talk of a southern link going to Winsford will seem even more like more jam tomorrow. Winsford and Middlewich Guardian
  • In the coming year, many other high-profile tech unicorns will face similar challenges. They’ll will do well to focus on being smaller, profitable companies than larger ones promising jam tomorrow. Wired
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4tomma ord
Maria Hartman (X)


  

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tomma ord


Definition from own experience or research:
Någonting som medvetet utlovas utan avsikten att det sedan ska ske.

Example sentence(s):
  • Ändlösa rader av löften och tomma ord som aldrig följs upp i handling. - Glosbe  
  • Alla dessa planer är dock inget annat än tomma ord, eftersom ingenting faktiskt görs. - bab.la  
  • Detta måste åstadkommas med faktiska åtgärder och inte bara med tomma ord. - bab.la  

Explanation:
Skrivs i plural. Synonymer: tomma löften (tomt löfte), falska ord.
Maria Hartman (X)
Sweden
Local time: 03:54
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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