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dog and pony show

狗仔队表演,狗仔队的表演,马戏团表演,马戏团

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : an elaborate sales, advertising, or publicity presentation or campaign.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He said he attended one of the faith-based advisory meetings early on and criticized it as “a dog and pony show.”

  • One of the biggest issues startups have with the traditional IPO process is that is that it becomes too much of a dog and pony show.

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • As soon as this attack [happened], Paris citizens came together to show were are not afraid, we are Charlie Hebdo.

  • And they might not have to wait that long to show their political heft.

  • A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.

  • A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.

  • None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

  • I shall show how it is possible thus to prolong life to the term set by God.