"promises, promises" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} promises, promises
  1. (humorous) A response to a promise suggesting doubt that the promise will be kept. Tags: humorous
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  2. (humorous or sarcastic) A response to a threat, implying that the threat is empty and, often, also that it is ineffective because it involves something that the person threatened would actually like to happen. Tags: humorous, sarcastic
    Sense id: en-promises,_promises-en-phrase-wP6iYFF9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67
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