I called myself Hill at this inn merely to avoid idle questions.

I forgot how an idle question would sound to someone who used to be a Hawk.

It wasn't an idle question; Long might want to hold her hostage.

She might not have known him long, but she'd quickly realized he didn't ask idle questions.

It was an idle question: I can see the answer for myself, my lord.

Thad could see by the man's eyes that this was more than an idle question.

For the media industry, it is no idle question.

This was not an idle question, and she knew it.

"You think I have time to stand here and answer idle questions?"

"Is that an idle question or do you need to know?"