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:
- go to the dogs
- shaggy dog story
- as clean as a hound's tooth
- let sleeping dogs lie
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- top dog
- every dog has his day
- put on the dog
- hair of the dog that bit one
- rain cats and dogs
- as crooked as a dog's hind leg
- dog-eat-dog
- fight like cats and dogs
- dog in the manger
- tail wagging the dog