| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | dog and pony show | постановочное мероприятие (They put on a dog and pony show in the hope of attracting new investors. • The protest was just a dog and pony show designed to bring in the media. Alex_Odeychuk) |
| inf. | dog and pony show | работа на публику (Yana Kovaleva) |
| inf. | dog and pony show | работа на публику (That fancy act of hers with those Mexican fellas is nothing more than a dog and pony show if I ever heard of one. Yana Kovaleva) |
| fig. | dog and pony show | потёмкинская деревня (AmE. Показушное мероприятие (Словарь Лонгмана: An event that has only been organized so that people can admire it and think that it is impressive, not for any real purpose). Даётся для русско-английского перевода в некоторых контекстах  ldoceonline.com Alexander Oshis) |
| law, ADR | dog and pony show | рекламирование товара (VLZ_58) |
| disappr. | dog and pony show | представление (pejorative – a highly promoted, often over-staged performance, presentation, or event
used mainly for promotion or to drive sales: They put on a whole dog and pony show for the investors, but I'm not sure they've convinced anyone. • They put on a dog and pony show in the hope of attracting new investors. 4uzhoj) |
| PR | dog and pony show | упражнение в пиаре (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| disappr. | dog and pony show | постановка (т.е. постановочное мероприятие: The protest was just a dog and pony show designed to bring in the media. 4uzhoj) |
| cinema | dog and pony show | хорошо поставленное представление |
| slang | dog and pony show | часто повторяемое шоу, демонстрация или речь (Interex) |
| idiom. | dog and pony show | небольшой передвижной цирк животных (a small, traveling circus featuring animals as entertainment. Interex) |
| gen. | dog and pony show | популистское шоу (Evgeny Shamlidi) |
| gen. | dog-and-pony show | постановочное шоу (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| media. | dog-and-pony show | попытка дезориентировать общественное мнение (показушное мероприятие; New York Times Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | dog-and-pony show | хорошо подготовленная рекламная акция или презентация (felog) |
| literal. | dog-and-pony show | небольшой передвижной цирк животных (a small, traveling circus featuring animals as entertainment. Interex) |
| cliche. | dog-and-pony show | очковтирательство (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| inf. | dog-and-pony show | показуха (Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), for example, described today's announcement as "nothing more than a dog-and-pony show in an attempt to demonstrate the Trump administration is not ignoring this crisis." Yana Kovaleva) |
| gen. | dog-and-pony show | показушное мероприятие (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| disappr. | put on a whole dog-and-pony show | разыграть целое представление (They put on a whole dog and pony show for the investors, but I'm not sure they've convinced anyone. 4uzhoj) |
