A "lick" means a slight and hasty wash, and "a lick and a promise" means a superficial effort made without care or enthusiasm with a promise to do a more thorough job later. This expression is believed to allude to the quick lick a cat or any other animal might give itself and a promise to do more or better at some future time.i
The meticulous housewife was in so much of a hurry that she could only give the apartment a lick and a promise.i
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