dog-and-pony
/ˌdɒɡ(ə)n(d)ˈpəʊni/North American slang
adjective
Designating, relating to, or characteristic of a dog-and-pony show.
noun
A presentation, a briefing, especially a full, detailed, or elaborate one.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Lowell (Massachusetts) Daily Citizen. From dog + and + pony.
- have (or have grown) whiskers
- have (or hold) no terrors for someone
- have (or hold) someone in the palm of one's hand
- have (or keep) an ear to the ground
- have (or keep) one's eye on
- have (or keep) one's finger on the pulse
- have (or keep) one's (or both) feet on the ground
- have (or keep) one's wits about one
- have (or know) all the answers
- have (or put) one's heart in
- have (or put) someone/thing down as
- have (or take) a butcher's
- have (or take) a leak
- have (or take) a pop at
- have (or throw) a fit
- have (or want) no truck with
- have (or with) an eye to
- have (or with) an eye to (or for or on) the main chance
- have (or with) one's fingers (or hand) in the till
- have other (or bigger) fish to fry
- haver
- haverbread
- havercake
- have regard to
- haverel