Usage of "window dressing"

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A showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant.

Uso de window dressing em inglês

The bird and the environment change, but it feels like window dressing. 
 The Irish Times 

Are your principles the true foundation of your life, or window dressing? 
 Sisterhood of Dune 

Only a few neutered captives are being kept on as window dressing. 
 The Guardian 

This sounds like window dressing, a sort of blame-shedding for Tory austerity. 
 The Guardian 

This is why in movies like Cliffhanger, climbing is mere window dressing. 
 Rock and Ice Magazine 

Consider creating a Zen-like environment at home through your choice of window dressing. 
 The Irish Times 

The several speakers who immediately followed Robert Turner were really just window dressing. 
 The Complete Rama Omnibus 

It was simply ceremonial window dressing for the tourists and the city authorities. 
 Dante's numbers 

So is all the hoo-ha about culture change just window dressing? 
 The Guardian 

Hypnotism was a show-man's flourish, window dressing for old-fashioned fisticuffs and detective work. 
 Soon I will be invincible 

Some women might miss what hid behind the charming window dressing. 
 Deadly promises 

Labour Party finance spokesperson Grant Robertson called the law the ultimate in window dressing. 
 Radio NZ 

Murphy believes Irish businesses have moved beyond window dressing and that policies are implemented. 
 The Irish Times 

These innovative features augmented by Amazon's hardware development and services aren't just window dressing. 
 Wired 

Kind of like window dressing, to make us look good. 
 Amazing grace 

One song sung at graduation was window dressing at best. 
 This child will be great 

Translations for window dressing

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Significados de window dressing em inglês