strike an attitude/attitudes idiom UK      
 装腔作势;装模作样
to speak or act in a particular way to try and make other people believe particular things about you, although this may not be sincere
  Some politicians prefer to strike attitudes on the world stage rather than deal with problems in their own countries. 一些政治家喜欢在国际舞台上装腔作势,而不是处理他们本国的问题。