mbalax
/(ə)mˈbalaks
/noun [mass noun]
A type of Senegalese popular music derived from a combination of traditional Wolof drumming patterns and Cuban popular music.It had no sleevenotes, a token shot of mbalax (modernised traditional Wolof) drumming, and a single dancefloor hit....
- She is stirring up a potent stew, her Mexican folk stock infused with pinches of dub reggae, Senegalese mbalax and Indian classical sliding.
- Over the past two decades his output has ranged from the driving Senegalese style, mbalax, through to dodgy western-influenced ballads.
Origin
Wolof, literally 'rhythm'.
- you ain't seen nothing yet
- you-all
- you-all's
- you-alls
- you and whose army?
- you and yours
- you are welcome
- you bet
- you betcha
- you (can) bet your boots
- you (can) bet your bottom dollar
- you (can) catch more flies with honey than (with) vinegar
- you can lead (or take) a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- you can say that again!
- you can't get a quart into a pint pot
- you can't have your cake and eat it (too)
- you can't judge a book by its cover
- you can't keep a good man (or woman) down
- you can't lose
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- you can't make bricks without straw
- you can't (or can) talk (you shouldn't or should talk)
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- you can't win them all (or win some, lose some)