faint idea - translation to English
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faint idea - translation to English

Faint action; False action

faint idea      
una pallida idea, idea vaga; confusa
bad idea         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Bad Idea(A song); Bad idea; Bad Idea (disambiguation); Bad Idea (song)
n. idea cattiva
the faintest idea      
più pallida idea (non avere la più pallida idea, non sapere niente)

Definition

faint
¦ adjective
1. (of a sight, smell, or sound) barely perceptible.
(of a hope, chance, or idea) slight.
2. close to losing consciousness.
¦ verb briefly lose consciousness because of a temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain.
¦ noun a sudden loss of consciousness.
Derivatives
faintly adverb
faintness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. faint, feint, past participle of faindre, feindre (see feign).

Wikipedia

Feigned action

Feigned action is an action brought on a pretended right, when the plaintiff has no true cause of action, for some illegal purpose. In a feigned action the words of the writ are true; it differs from false action, in which case the words of the writ are false.

Co. Litt. 361, sect. 689. Vide Fictitious action.