dog and pony show
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I asked a few questions about the project, but all I got was a dog and pony show.
Другие идиомы:
- call the dogs off
- go to the dogs
- let sleeping dogs lie
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- to hound (someone)
- rain cats and dogs
- top dog
- lead a dog's life
- tail wagging the dog
- hair of the dog that bit one
- put on the dog
- fight like cats and dogs
- every dog has his day
- as clean as a hound's tooth
- see a man about a dog