gallery 관용구

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play to the gallery

try to get the approval of the audience讨好（低级趣味的）观众；迎合大众的口味
In the past few years，television has been playing to the gallery．过去几年里，电视一直在迎合大众的口味。
The speaker played to the gallery by indulging in vulgar jokes．为了哗众取宠，那位演讲者大讲粗俗的笑话。

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Playing to the gallery

If someone plays to the gallery, they say or do things that will make them popular, but which are not the right things to do.

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play to the gallery|gallery|play

v. phr. To try to get the approval of the audience. Whenever John recites in class he seems to be playing to the gallery. The lawyer for the defense was more interested in playing to the gallery than in winning the case.
Compare: SHOW OFF.

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gallery

gallery
see play to the gallery; rogues' gallery.

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rogues' gallery

rogues' gallery
A police collection of pictures of criminals and suspects kept for identification purposes. For example, The detective went through the entire rogues' gallery but couldn't find a match with the suspect. [Mid-1800s]