比喻做那些表面热闹好看但缺乏实效的事情to put on a superfluous show

• 少数地方，形式主义、摆花架子、以权谋私等不正之风有了苗头。

  In some places, unhealthy practices such as tokenism, putting on superfluous shows and abusing power are starting to rear their heads.

• 某些干部一心想捞取政治资本，摆花架子，不惜耗费财力、物力做面子工程。

  Some cadres are bent on gaining political capital by putting on superfluous shows and commissioning vanity projects, with no regard to expenditure of physical or financial resources.