DOGANDPONYSHOW

Dog and pony show

"Dog and pony show" is a colloquial term which has come to mean a highly promoted, often over-staged performance, presentation, or event designed to sway or convince opinion for political, or less often, commercial ends. Typically, the term is used in a pejorative sense to connote disdain, jocular lack of appreciation, or distrust of the message being presented or the efforts undertaken to present it.

The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Dog and pony show
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

dog and pony show

Noun

  1. Originally, a small, traveling circus featuring animals as entertainment.
  2. Any presentation or display that is overly contrived or intricate.
    They put on a whole dog and pony show for the investors, but I'm not sure they convinced anyone.


The above text is a snippet from Wiktionary: dog and pony show
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

Need help with a clue?
Try your search in the crossword dictionary!