Idiom
bells and whistles
Meaning
Extra features added for show rather than function; fancy additions or features.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The new phone has all the bells and whistles.”
“I just need a basic laptop, not one with all the bells and whistles.”
“The software, stripped of its bells and whistles, proved far more reliable than the bloated version marketing had demanded.”
Examples
simple
“The new phone has all the bells and whistles.”
contextual
“I just need a basic laptop, not one with all the bells and whistles.”
complex
“The software, stripped of its bells and whistles, proved far more reliable than the bloated version marketing had demanded.”
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