Dog and pony show: 商品展示
<p> <span word="Dog">Dog</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pony">pony</span> <span word="show">show</span>: 商品展示</p><p> 到超市购物，在超市的一角，往往有商家为做促销现场展示商品性能。在英语中，这种商品演示可用俚语“<span word="dog">dog</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="pony">pony</span> <span word="show">show</span>”来表示，指为公共关系或推销等目的而安排的“盛大表演”。<span word="Dog">Dog</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="pony">pony</span> <span word="show">show</span>最早出现于19世纪末期，用来形容“马戏表演”。当时，马戏团的规模都很小，表演重头戏的角儿大多是狗和马。于是，人们就戏称这种马戏表演为“<span word="dog">dog</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="pony">pony</span> <span word="show">show</span>（字面意：狗秀和马秀）”，很显然，含有几丝贬义意味。随着时间的推移，一战时，<span word="dog">dog</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="pony">pony</span> <span word="show">show</span>开始用来比喻外表炫丽、内容却很空洞的演讲（尤指政治演讲）、演示（商家为宣传和推销产品）。不过到了现代，<span word="dog">dog</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="pony">pony</span>的贬义意味逐渐缩减，常做中性词使用。举个例子：<span word="My">My</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dog">dog</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="pony">pony</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="product">product</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="exhibition">exhibition</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="month">month</span>.（公司让我下个月在博览会上做一个新产品的展示。）</p>
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