| 单词 | song and dance |
| 释义 | song and dance 1. uncountable noun [usually NOUN noun] A song and dance act is a performance in which a person or group of people sing and dance. Synonyms: fuss, to-do, flap [informal], performance [informal] 2. to make a song and dance about phrase If you say that someone is making a song and dance about something, you mean they are making an unnecessary fuss about it. [British, informal, disapproval] He used his money to help others–but he never made a song and dance about it. Collocations: song-and-dance number In performance terms there's no direct pay-off; all the preparations are made for a big song-and-dance number that never arrives. Times, Sunday Times The finale was an overwrought song-and-dance number about closing libraries. Times, Sunday Times He has a big song-and-dance number to perfect and must get to grips with flying through the air on a wire. The Sun We can't wait to see the ensemble song-and-dance number they come up with for the pivotal bedroom scene. Times, Sunday Times The show usually starts with a big performance involving all the contestants in one song-and-dance number. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The battalion, tense at the prospect of impending battle, launched into a song-and-dance routine. Times, Sunday Times Sure it's convoluted and more than a little contrived in places but it's superbly scripted and there are some wonderfully inventive surprises - with a surreal song-and-dance routine. The Sun As for that cringe-making song-and-dance routine, even the cast looked apologetic. Times, Sunday Times There will be galloping, self-deprecation, some sort of song-and-dance routine, and it will all be joyous. Times, Sunday Times The high points of a superb programme are two song-and-dance routines. Times, Sunday Times |
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