have a hollow ring
1have a hollow ring — or ring hollow to not seem sincere or real • See: ring hollow …
2have a hollow ring — ring/sound hollow if something someone says rings hollow, it does not sound true or sincere. In view of the government s financial problems, these promises have a hollow ring …
3have a hollow ring — ring hollow phrase to not seem sincere or real Thesaurus: to seem unreal or untruesynonym Main entry: hollow …
4hollow — hol|low1 [ halou ] adjective * 1. ) empty inside: The tree trunk was completely hollow. hollow chocolate eggs 2. ) hollow promises or threats are not sincere, or are about things that will not really happen: EMPTY: The president s election… …
5hollow — I UK [ˈhɒləʊ] / US [ˈhɑloʊ] adjective Word forms hollow : adjective hollow comparative hollower superlative hollowest * 1) empty inside The tree trunk was completely hollow. hollow chocolate eggs 2) a hollow sound is a low sound like something… …
6ring hollow — to sound false or not sincere The company s claim that it is an unwitting participant rings hollow. • See: have a hollow ring …
7ring — ring1 W2S1 [rıŋ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(jewellery)¦ 2¦(circle)¦ 3 give somebody a ring 4¦(bells)¦ 5¦(criminals)¦ 6 have the/a ring of something 7 have a familiar ring 8 run rings around somebody 9¦(cooking)¦ …
8ring — 1 /rIN/ noun 1 JEWELLERY (C) a piece of jewellery that you wear on your finger: a diamond ring (=decorated with diamonds) see also: engagement ring, wedding ring 2 CIRCLE (C) a) a circular line or mark: Martha had dark rings round her eyes from… …
9ring (past tense rang) — ring1 (past tense rang [ ræŋ ] ; past participle rung [ rʌŋ ] ) verb *** 1. ) transitive to make a bell produce a sound: He rang the doorbell. a ) intransitive if a bell rings, it produces a sound: A bell rang and the children trooped back into… …
10ring — I [[t]rɪ̱ŋ[/t]] TELEPHONING OR MAKING A SOUND ♦♦ rings, ringing, rang, rung (Please look at category 11 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) VERB When you ring someone, you telephone them. [mainly… …
