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:
- top dog
- every dog has his day
- in the doghouse
- call the dogs off
- as clean as a hound's tooth
- as crooked as a dog's hind leg
- dog in the manger
- fight like cats and dogs
- lead a dog's life
- tail wagging the dog
- see a man about a dog
- rain cats and dogs
- dog-eat-dog
- hair of the dog that bit one
- go to the dogs