dog-and-ponyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌdɒɡ(ə)n(d)ˈpəʊni/, U.S.

/ˈdɔɡənˈpoʊni/,

/ˈdɑɡənˈpoʊni/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dog n.¹, and conj.¹, pony n.¹

Etymology: < dog n.¹ + and conj.¹ + pony n.¹ Compare slightly later dog-and-pony show n.

North American slang.

A. adj. (attributive).

Designating, relating to, or characteristic of a dog-and-pony show (in various senses). See dog-and-pony show n.

ΚΠ

1879 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Citizen 17 May The Broncho horses, Fryer's comical dog and pony circus, and the Japanese art gallery, will doubtless insure over-flowing houses.

1943 J. T. Shipley Dict. World Lit. 610 Magicians, mind-readers, escape artists (Houdini), dog and pony troupes, acrobats, jugglers, roller skaters, trick bicyclists, were standard [in vaudeville shows].

1974 S. Terkel Working ii. 71 I go into my act: we call it dog and pony time, show time, tap dance... [The client] says..‘How much will it cost us?’

2000 ‘E. McBain’ Last Dance 260 She had seen every cop movie ever made, every cop television show ever broadcast, and she wasn't about to get snowed by a song-and-dance team doing a dog-and-pony act.

2008 Bank Technol. News (Nexis) Sept. 10 Those funds now come only through exhaustive dog-and-pony presentations.

B. n.

A presentation, a briefing, esp. a full, detailed, or elaborate one; = dog-and-pony show n. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > a briefing

brief1856

briefing1940

fill-in1946

dog-and-pony show1966

dog-and-pony1989

1989 Federal News Service (Nexis) 30 Nov. You wouldn't go through with a full ‘dog and pony’ on a CFE 2 [i.e. a second Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty].

1991 Esquire June 56/1 Do you want a complete dog and pony here or simply lowball overheads?

2007 Washington Post 11 Apr. a13 So the company decided to give Bush a demonstration during a dog-and-pony at the White House.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dog-and-pony
释义	dog-and-ponyadj.n. Brit. /ˌdɒɡ(ə)n(d)ˈpəʊni/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡənˈpoʊni/, /ˈdɑɡənˈpoʊni/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dog n.¹, and conj.¹, pony n.¹ Etymology: < dog n.¹ + and conj.¹ + pony n.¹ Compare slightly later dog-and-pony show n. North American slang. A. adj. (attributive). Designating, relating to, or characteristic of a dog-and-pony show (in various senses). See dog-and-pony show n. ΚΠ 1879 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Citizen 17 May The Broncho horses, Fryer's comical dog and pony circus, and the Japanese art gallery, will doubtless insure over-flowing houses. 1943 J. T. Shipley Dict. World Lit. 610 Magicians, mind-readers, escape artists (Houdini), dog and pony troupes, acrobats, jugglers, roller skaters, trick bicyclists, were standard [in vaudeville shows]. 1974 S. Terkel Working ii. 71 I go into my act: we call it dog and pony time, show time, tap dance... [The client] says..‘How much will it cost us?’ 2000 ‘E. McBain’ Last Dance 260 She had seen every cop movie ever made, every cop television show ever broadcast, and she wasn't about to get snowed by a song-and-dance team doing a dog-and-pony act. 2008 Bank Technol. News (Nexis) Sept. 10 Those funds now come only through exhaustive dog-and-pony presentations. B. n. A presentation, a briefing, esp. a full, detailed, or elaborate one; = dog-and-pony show n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > a briefing brief1856 briefing1940 fill-in1946 dog-and-pony show1966 dog-and-pony1989 1989 Federal News Service (Nexis) 30 Nov. You wouldn't go through with a full ‘dog and pony’ on a CFE 2 [i.e. a second Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty]. 1991 Esquire June 56/1 Do you want a complete dog and pony here or simply lowball overheads? 2007 Washington Post 11 Apr. a13 So the company decided to give Bush a demonstration during a dog-and-pony at the White House. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1879
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