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ring hollow
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ring/sound hollow
if something someone says rings hollow, it does not sound true or sincere The claims they made two years ago that peace was just around the corner ring very hollow now.
See beat hollow
See also: hollow, ring
ring hollow also ring false
to seem dishonest, not true, or wrong The Rockets sounded like a defeated team - they talked of the possibility of a comeback, but the words rang hollow. Her characters and situations all ring false and her movie just seems painful and pointless.
Usage notes: often used in the forms a hollow ring or a false ring (a dishonest or not sincere quality): Her story about the hostages is certainly exciting, but it has a hollow ring.
Opposite of: ring true
See also: hollow, ring
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His words will sound hollow, though, to staff made redundant earlier this week at Biofuels Corporation at Seal Sands - one of the companies hailed as a successor to traditional petrochemical-based plants.
'Act now' call to Mandelson by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Put a layer of straw or a board under the fruits to keep them clean, and let them ripen on the ground until they sound hollow when tapped.
Good enough to eat by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Let's face it: the good news of God with us can sometimes sound hollow in the face of the other realities out of which we live.
First Sunday after Christmas December 27, 2009 by Currents in Theology and Mission
 
 
 
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