fancy-schmancy

(ˈfæntsiˈʃmæntsi)

mod. fancy; very fancy. This one is just too fancy-schmancy for Heidi.

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But I'm not running some fancy-schmancy consumer brand.

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But don't ignore the enterprise solutions rolling out, because the tipping point of communications is a fancy-schmancy IP phone.

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By comparison with the American artists with whom he might seem to have the most in common--Robert Ryman or Joseph Marioni, for example--Spalletti's use of such gestures or of a material like gold leaf can make his work seem finicky and overrefined, fancy-schmancy.

Ettore Spalletti: Henry Moore Institute

We were fine while we had a little plastic bowl with a couple of specimens swimming around,but I suggested getting a fancy-schmancy aquarium and the whole project went belly-up, literally.

Even fish have feelings; I just could not keep the fish alive

As our hotel room lacks a facility for cooking said prawns, we pick up some fat olives and fancy-schmancy olive oil for our suitcase.

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We know were got atriums and fancy-schmancy resorts, but if we ask people what makes them stay here, the answer always comes back, |the employees.

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On Thursday night, Kipp went to a fancy-schmancy yacht party courtesy Coca Cola.

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The menu is extensive, though not spectacular if you're on the hunt for something fancy-schmancy.

I spy plastic Inn my pie!

Rustic Food is the new Molecular Gastronomy: Wacky weird-science cuisine that requires fancy-schmancy equipment doesn't necessarily make food taste better, and more often than not it adds needless complexity (there are exceptions).

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You can keep your latest kitchen appliance with all the bells and whistles, your fancy-schmancy, high-thread-count sheets and your sparkly crystal stemware.

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We don't have to do a lot of fancy-schmancy things with seats around it.

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Eventually my dad gave-up the glam life, got rid of the fancy-schmancy wheels, and took the bus to work.

Big. shiny beasts have a high price

But what about those department store brands, the big Ralph department and the big Tommy department and the fancy-schmancy pots and pans and crystal?

MUDDLE IN THE MIDDLE

Not some fancy-schmancy designer label, not some highfalutin consumer brand, but an automobile granted, not just any automobile, but still basically a mode of transportation.