empty phrase in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for empty phrase in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary

empty phrase N

empty phrase

празна фраза

Translations for empty phrase in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary

I.phrase [freɪz] N

1. phrase (words not forming sentence):

phrase

словосъчетание nt

verb/noun phrase

глаголна/именна фраза

2. phrase (idiomatic expression):

phrase

израз m

in sb's phrase

както някой казва [o. се изразява]

II.phrase [freɪz] VB trans

phrase

изразявам с думи

I.empty <-ier, -iest> [ˈemptɪ] ADJ

1. empty (with nothing inside):

empty

празен

on an empty stomach

на гладно

2. empty AUTO:

empty

без товар

3. empty (without inhabitants):

empty

пуст

4. empty FOOD:

empty calories

без хранителна стойност

5. empty (useless):

empty

безполезен

6. empty (hollow):

empty words

без съдържание

II.empty <-ie-> [ˈemptɪ] VB trans a. COMPUT

empty

изпразвам

empty

изливам

to empty mail box

изпразвам пощенската кутия

to empty one's bladder

уринирам

III.empty <-ie-> [ˈemptɪ] VB intr

1. empty (place):

empty

изпразвам се

2. empty GEO river:

to empty into sth

вливам се в нщ

IV.empty <-ies> [ˈemptɪ] N pl

empty

празен стъклен амбалаж

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Access to justice and freedom of choice of solicitor are not empty phrases.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Suspicious of the empty phrase, ruthless and spare and quite beautiful.

www.independent.co.uk

There has been no articulation of future strategy other than vague, empty phrases such as digital first.

en.wikipedia.org

Is there a more over-used and empty phrase in modern life than "work-life balance"?

www.huffingtonpost.ca

People can't seem to understand that the left speaks in empty phrases that do not mean what the listener or reader thinks they mean.

www.tabletmag.com

But that's not just some coy, empty phrase.

articles.chicagotribune.com

It is simply an empty phrase.

www.abc.net.au

It was an empty phrase.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The words consent of the governed have become an empty phrase.

dissidentvoice.org

Questions demanding sincerity or detail are met with empty phrases and the charade rolls on.

www.abc.net.au