idle speculation

And let's have no idle speculation about how I got that name.

It was idle speculation to go back to the beginning and try to figure out what had gone wrong.

Now, that was idle speculation, though she had made it before.

Not an idle speculation for a man who has spent his life calling out God's name.

The idea had occurred to him, now and then, as an idle speculation.

Idle speculation is a habit I've never been able to break.

At the moment, I am simply engaged in idle speculation brought on by reading an old book.

There was much idle speculation in the press about whether a man would, or could, ever win the title.

Thinking about life beyond Earth is no longer the stuff of idle speculation and science fiction.

In the meantime, let them enjoy some idle speculation for a bit.

Now he knew that those suspicions were not the product of idle speculation.

Believing in common sense, they are not attracted to idle speculation.

Why, this looks like a worthwhile target for idle speculation.

Now was hardly the time or place to indulge in idle speculation.

This idle speculation was unproductive; she'd already made the decision.

It took just three months for idle speculation to turn into downright fury.

"Let us not waste time in idle speculations," said a man.

"Yes, peculiar, but we do not have time to spend in idle speculation.

They were idle speculations, and she didn't have time for speculation.

It's my suspicion - and here we get into the realms of idle speculation.

His tone is close to that of idle speculation.

There's been a great deal of idle speculation that has derailed substantive work.

Zero hour; no more time for dispassionate study and idle speculation.

Phil did not waste any time in idle speculation.

He heard the quiver in her voice and knew this was not idle speculation, but something she feared.