bread and circuses

activities that are intended to keep people happy so that they do not complain about problems Tax cuts are just bread and circuses designed to distract attention from the underlying economic crisis.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cheyenne	shie-AN	English
Lavrentiy	-	Russian
Eponine	EP-ə-neen (English)	Literature
KonrÁD	-	Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Subramanian	-	Tamil
Viola	vie-O-lə (English), vee-O-lə (English), VIE-ə-lə (English), VYO-lah (Italian)	English, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish