bells and whistles
Noun
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Noun
- (idiomatic) Extra features added for show rather than function; fancy additions or features.
- Synonyms: gadgetry, trivialities, frills and furbelows
- Antonyms: plain, no-frills, normal, ordinary, simple, unadorned
- His new car has all the bells and whistles, but it doesn't move through traffic jams any faster.
- The bells and whistles do not impress me.
- I need a new phone, but I don’t want all those fancy bells and whistles on it!
- French: fioritures, futilités, frivolités, tralala, fanfreluche
- Italian: facezia riempitiva
- Russian: прибамбасы
- Spanish: ringorrangos
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