Idiom
check is in the mail
Meaning
A common excuse used by debtors to put off creditors.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He keeps saying the check is in the mail.”
“I asked my tenant about the unpaid rent, but he just told me the check is in the mail again.”
“Despite his repeated promises that the check is in the mail, the contractor has yet to receive payment for the work completed months ago.”
Examples
simple
“He keeps saying the check is in the mail.”
contextual
“I asked my tenant about the unpaid rent, but he just told me the check is in the mail again.”
complex
“Despite his repeated promises that the check is in the mail, the contractor has yet to receive payment for the work completed months ago.”
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