[Idiom] do you use the idiom "pomp and show"?

[Aamir Tariq]

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

 

[emsr2d2]

It certainly sounds very old-fashioned to me. I might say "It was a very ostentatious wedding".

 

[GoesStation]

I don't recall ever having heard it.

 

[Barb_D]

"Pomp and circumstance" might be used. (This is also the name of the song traditionally played for graduating students.)

You might say something like "Maria's wedding had all the pomp and circumstance of a royal coronation."

Usually it's used a bit sarcastically, but not always.

 

[Aamir Tariq]

I don't recall ever having heard it.

That's because you are American where English has gone through many changes and here in Pakistan we are still living in the 17th century.

 

[GoesStation]

That's because you are American where English has gone through many changes and here in Pakistan we are still living in the 17th century.

I wouldn't disparage your local variety of English quite so much. Languages always evolve differently when spread to different countries. They typically change more slowly in places they expand into than they do in their countries of origin.

Still, it's worthwhile to understand how your local dialect differs from international standards.

 

[Rover_KE]

Aamir, texting abbreviations like 'lol' are unacceptable in this forum.

 

[Aamir Tariq]

Aamir, texting abbreviations like 'lol' are unacceptable in this forum.

Ok. Rover. I didn't know.

 

[Rover_KE]

OK Rover. I didn't know.

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