bells and whistles

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Noun

bells and whistles pl (plural only)

(idiomatic) Extra features added for show rather than function; fancy additions or features.
Synonyms: gadgetry, trivialities, frills and furbelows

Antonyms: plain, no-frills, normal, ordinary, simple, unadorned

His new car has all the bells and whistles, but it doesn't move through traffic jams any faster.

The bells and whistles do not impress me.

I need a new phone, but I don’t want all those fancy bells and whistles on it!

Translations

extra features added for show rather than function

Bulgarian: финтифлюшки (bg) pl (fintifljuški)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 花哨的附加功能, 花哨的附加功能 (huāshao de fùjiā gōngnéng)
Dutch: toeters en bellen pl
Finnish: hienoudet pl
French: fioritures (fr) f pl, futilités (fr) f pl, frivolités (fr) f pl, tralala (fr) m, fanfreluche (fr) f

Hebrew: רַעַשׁ וְצִלְצוּלִים‎ (he) (rá'ash vtziltzulím)
Italian: facezia riempitiva
Polish: wodotryski pl
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: прибамбасы (ru) (pribambasy), навороты (navoroty), свистелки и перделки (svistelki i perdelki) (vulgar)
Spanish: ringorrangos (es)

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