bells and whistles

With all its bells and whistles, one of those robots will cost you about as much as a solid gold surgeon.

it's deliberately Spartan design was a conscious choice, an attempt to strip the bells and whistles of social media down to 144 characters.

Once we go beyond the basic creature comforts, we are trading our life for bells and whistles that have no actual intrinsic value.

I requested a few extra bells and whistles, which would have brought the total cost to $77.

Usually time constraints limit the number of bells and whistles you can apply to such an application.

I suppose I can always add some bells and whistles to my basic lap top. I would like to have a bigger hard drive.

There is no need for development to have a top of the line machine with all of the bells and whistles.

For people actually using an IRC client, the group says it has added extra bells and whistles to prevent identity leakage.

I got a new car with all the bells and whistles.

And he says the cost of all these new bells and whistles, like all technology, will soon come down too.

This means drag and drop editing, toolbars and menus, animation, and all of the other bells and whistles.

Some have added interesting bells and whistles to this basic formula.

Just because a watch has bells and whistles doesn't make it attractive, though.

They are invariably much simpler than their fixed counterparts, with less bells and whistles.

The bells and whistles inside are a nightmare to figure out.

They cost less than $10 each and have slightly different bells and whistles.

There is a classic mode where you can just practice hitting balls without all the bells and whistles.

A good example of this is Cadillac's testing of various "bells and whistles" specialty accessories.

I don't have to go out there with bells and whistles on and say "I'm revamping my image. "

We need a banner exchange, and all the bells and whistles.

Instead of adding ever more bells and whistles, they strip the products down to their bare essentials.

It's a really basic application - no bells and whistles here.

Don't waste your time on unnecessary bells and whistles.

Use bells and whistles. . . if you've got an alarm, turn it on.

There are a lot of bells and whistles, but many of the hard questions are glossed over or avoided.

They are working toward releasing a version 1. 0, but as with any 1. 0 version, it does not provide all the bells and whistles.

But in China, the nouveaux riches have only recently begun to accept bells and whistles with their thrones.

MT: In the end, is this just a way of adding bells and whistles to the neoclassical view of human nature?

For example, when buying a car do I really need to consider the comparative value of all the bells and whistles?