empty : Idioms & Phrases


empty nester

  • noun a parent whose children have grown up and left home
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empty talk

  • noun loud and confused and empty talk
    rhetoric; palaver; empty talk; hot air.
    • mere rhetoric
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empty tomb

  • noun a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
    cenotaph.
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empty words

  • noun loud and confused and empty talk
    rhetoric; palaver; empty talk; hot air.
    • mere rhetoric
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empty-bellied

  • adjective satellite needing nourishment
    empty.
    • after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime
    • empty-bellied children
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empty-handed

  • adjective satellite having acquired or gained nothing
    unrewarded.
    • the returned from the negotiations empty-handed
  • adjective satellite carrying nothing in the hands
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empty-headed

  • adjective satellite lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
    giddy; featherbrained; airheaded; lightheaded; dizzy; light-headed; silly.
    • a dizzy blonde
    • light-headed teenagers
    • silly giggles
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