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all show and no go definition

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equipped with good looks but lacking action or energy. (Used to describe someone or something that looks good but does not perform as promised.) : That shiny car of Jim's is all show and no go.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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All show and no go is always a great word to know.

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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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"I never wear my best coat on a journey, though perchance I could show a certificate to prove that I have a more costly one, at least, at home, if that were all that a gentleman required. It is not wise for a traveler to go dressed. I should no more think of it than of putting on a clean dicky and blacking my shoes to go a-fishing; as if you were going out to dine, when, in fact, the genuine traveler is going out to work hard, and fare harder,—to eat a crust by the wayside whenever he can get it. Honest traveling is about as dirty work as you can do, and a man needs a pair of overalls for it. As for blacking my shoes in such a case, I should as soon think of blacking my face."

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