Aamir Tariq
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- Urdu
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- Pakistan
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- Pakistan
Pomp and show means with "great ostentatious display"; "splendor" or "show off".
We have this phrase in our old school books, I think it is an old British idiom, and it may no longer be in use at present. And I don't think Americans use it in their everyday speech.
Do you still use it?
Here is an example
They held the wedding with great pomp and show.
(Meaning "they held the wedding with great splendor/show off")
Regards
Aamir the Global Citizen
We have this phrase in our old school books, I think it is an old British idiom, and it may no longer be in use at present. And I don't think Americans use it in their everyday speech.
Do you still use it?
Here is an example
They held the wedding with great pomp and show.
(Meaning "they held the wedding with great splendor/show off")
Regards
Aamir the Global Citizen