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mettre les petits plats dans les grands

/mɛ.tʁə le p(ə).ti pla dɑ̃ le ɡʁɑ̃/

verb/mɛ.tʁə le p(ə).ti pla dɑ̃ le ɡʁɑ̃/

to put on the ritz, put on the dog, put on a great spread, lay out a real spread, pull out all the stops, to get the good/best china out

Literally, “to put the little dishes in the big ones”.