dog and pony show

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dog and pony show (plural dog and pony shows)

  1. (historical) A small traveling circus featuring animals as entertainment.
  2. (idiomatic) Any presentation or display that is overly contrived or intricate, while lacking real substance.
    They put on a whole dog and pony show for the investors, but I'm not sure they've convinced anyone.
    • 2012 January 8, Elizabeth Popp Berman, Creating the Market University: How Academic Science Became an Economic Engine‎, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 119:
      Here, the academics put on a bit of a dog-and-pony show, demonstrating their latest breakthroughs and giving sponsors a chance to meet students who are about to receive their PhDs and start looking for jobs. […]

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