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
- lead a dog's life
- as clean as a hound's tooth
- as crooked as a dog's hind leg
- every dog has his day
- put on the dog
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- rain cats and dogs
- fight like cats and dogs
- dog-eat-dog
- tail wagging the dog
- as sick as a dog
- dog in the manger
- in the doghouse
- see a man about a dog