不要以为武术套路是花拳绣腿，打斗进攻还是有一些套路的。

Don't think that Wushu is impractical, the attack or some routines.

我原以为女子篮球是花拳绣腿，直到看了妹妹打篮球才知道看法错了。

Thought women's basketball was a powder-puff sport until I went to see my sister play.

仅仅是对之前提到的顶工资，官方用车和手机的一番花拳绣腿，对削减公共开支只是杯水车薪。

Cuts in public spending will have to go far beyond the gimmicky blitz on top salaries, official cars and mobile phones mentioned so far.

凯特默和他的同事们很快意识到花拳绣腿的技术是无事无补的，和手绘动画一样，故事情节在电脑动画中也起着举足轻重的作用。

Mr Catmull and his colleagues quickly realised that fancy technology was not enough, and that story-telling was just as vital to computer animation as to the hand-drawn sort.