English-Portuguese translations for bread and circuses

• pão e circo
  Os representantes neerlandeses na União não desejam pão e circo, nem uma window dressing , mas sim factos. The Dutch representatives in the European Union do not want bread and circuses or window-dressing but facts.

Definition of bread and circuses

• Food and entertainment provided by the state, particularly if intended to placate the people
• Grand spectacles stage#Verb|staged or statements made to distract and pacify people

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