dog and pony show
狗仔队表演,狗仔队的表演,马戏团表演,马戏团
Definitions
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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.