This was no idle fear, for in two days' journey they passed four wrecked wagons and three dead horses.

This was no idle fear, for Palestine already had a potent effect on popular opinion throughout the Arab world.

That does not seem to be an idle fear.

In a depressed region, where the jobless rate hovers above 20 percent, these are not idle fears.

But in the end, that was an idle fear.

That is not an idle fear.

It wasn't an idle fear; Alice was obscenely well read on everything.

I've learnerl and seen enough since then to know that wasn't an idle fear by any means.

This is not an idle fear on my part.