练虚功、摆花架【英】

put on appearances

译文来源

http://english.qstheory.cn/2015-03/16/c_1114459319.htm

例句

1. 如果在抓法治建设上喊口号、练虚功、摆花架，只是叶公好龙，并不真抓实干，短时间内可能看不出什么大的危害，一旦问题到了积重难返的地步，后果就是灾难性的。——《加快建设社会主义法治国家——习近平在党的十八届四中全会第二次全体会议上的讲话（节选）》

1. In the short term, it might not appear harmful to simply shout out slogans, put on appearances, and feign support as opposed to taking real action.—Quoted from Accelerating the Establishment of Socialist Rule of Law in China —Speech at Session I,II of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Eighteenth CPC Central Committee on October 23, 2014