Idiom
dog and pony show
Meaning
Any presentation or display that is overly contrived or intricate, while lacking real substance.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The meeting was just a boring dog and pony show.”
“The company organized a big dog and pony show to impress investors, but they had no real product to sell.”
“Despite the elaborate dog and pony show presented by the consultants, the board remained unconvinced that the proposed strategy offered any genuine value.”
Examples
simple
“The meeting was just a boring dog and pony show.”
contextual
“The company organized a big dog and pony show to impress investors, but they had no real product to sell.”
complex
“Despite the elaborate dog and pony show presented by the consultants, the board remained unconvinced that the proposed strategy offered any genuine value.”
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