不少地方讲排场，比阔气，花钱大手大脚，奢侈之风盛行，群众反映强烈。

Some local governments are competing with one another for lavishness and spend money hand over foot, arousing strong public resentment.

他尽管很神气，爱讲排场，但我觉得他并不象他装的那么有钱。

With all his conceit and extravagance he is not so rich. I fancy, as he affects to be.