| 单词 | song and dance |
| 释义 | > as lemmassong and dance song and dance n. a. A form of entertainment (in later use esp. a vaudeville act) consisting of singing and dancing. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [noun] > song and dance song and dance1613 song-ballet1934 1613 T. Campion Relation Royall Entertainm. sig. A4 A Song and Dance of sixe, two Keepers, two Robin-hood-men, the fantastick Traueller, and the Cynick. 1866 Era 26 Aug. (advt.) The Original Song and Dance Man, Banko Soloist, and American Jig Dancer. 1872 S. Hale Let. 16 Jan. (1918) iii. 78 He did a ‘Song and Dance’, two, in fact. 1872 Chicago Tribune 13 Oct. 5/6 First week of the distinguished song and dance artists. 1895 N.Y. Dramatic News 23 Nov. 13/3 The first double song and dance team was comprised of Wash Norton and Ben Cotton. 1940 Chatelaine Apr. 36/2 I practiced my song-and-dance act for weeks. 1959 R. Longrigg Wrong Number iv. 58 So up she pops from hell or wherever, just the time for a bit of song and dance. 2012 StarStudio June 82/3 Short skits mixed with song and dance numbers and lots of slapstick. b. figurative. colloquial (originally U.S. slang). An elaborately contrived story, explanation, or entreaty; (also) a fuss, outcry, or commotion. Cf. sense 4c. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss to-doc1330 adoc1380 great (also much) cry and little woolc1460 feery-fary1535 fray1568 stirc1595 do1598 coil1599 hurl1603 ruffle1609 clutterment1611 buzz1628 bustle1637 paddle1642 racket1644 clutter1652 tracas1656 tracasserie1656 circumference1667 flutter1667 hurly-burly1678 fuss1701 fissle1719 fraise1725 hurry-scurry1753 fix-fax1768 fal-lal1775 widdle1789 touse1792 fuffle1801 going-on1817 hurry and scurry1823 sputter1823 tew1825 Bob's-a-dying1829 fidge1832 tamasha1842 mulling1845 mussing1846 fettling1847 fooster1847 trade1854 scrimmage1855 carry-on1861 fuss-and-feathers1866 on-carry1870 make-a-do1880 miration1883 razzle-dazzle1885 song and dance1885 to get a rustle on1891 tea-party1903 stirabout1905 whoop-de-do1910 chichi1928 production1941 go-go1966 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > elaborately contrived story song and dance1885 1885 Sunday Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 25 Jan. 6/5 Down on the street I met a young feller and gives him a song an' dance about a having some sick kids to care for. 1895 E. W. Townsend Chimmie Fadden, Major Max & Other Stories 6 Den 'is whiskers gives me a song an' dance. 1900 B. Matthews Confident To-morrow 9 And it ain't a song-and-dance I'm giving you either. 1958 E. Dundy Dud Avocado iii. vi. 266 If only he hadn't felt obliged to make such a song and dance about it. 1980 J. Ditton Copley's Hunch ii. ii. 132 The Prime Minister wants to make a song and dance about it. 2011 T. Ronald Becoming Nancy (2012) xiii. 193 We've got his birthday to get through next week. I suppose he'll expect us all to make a big song and dance about that. < as lemmas |
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