Not quite a taunt, either, but more than just an idle comment.

"There's been an awful lot of idle comment around here lately."

That was Mordred's remark, sounding like an idle comment.

When a member of an airport groundcrew remarks that Bazarov has a private plane it is no idle comment.

Pilar offered it as an idle comment, but she watched the black woman closely for a reaction.

A parody of Kosh, he utters idle comments in cryptic ways.

'I'm sure she did, but what was it that moved you to come galloping after us to repeat some idle comments?'

Of this tale the author comments "we make no idle comment on this history.

She agreed, apparently, and they started back, this time in a solid bunch, exchanging idle comments about the sights around them.

An idle comment could have grave consequences, if the sithen has truly returned to that much life.