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单词 a song and dance
释义

a song and dance

informal, chiefly British
1A fuss or commotion: she would be sure to make a song and dance about her aching feet...
  • The latest group of entertainers to make a song and dance about their plight are actors, or ‘theatre practitioners’ as they must now be called.
  • They don't make a song and dance about it; they just do it.
  • Annabelle isn't one to make a song and dance about what she's doing, and she would go off doing all sorts of treks and endurance trails.

Synonyms

fuss, fuss and bother, bother, commotion, trouble, rigmarole, folderol, ado, pother
informal palaver, performance, to-do, carry-on, carrying-on, kerfuffle, hoo-ha, hullabaloo, ballyhoo, business, pantomime, hoopla
Indian tamasha
New Zealand informal bobsy-die
1.1North American A long explanation that is pointless or deliberately evasive.With nothing to go on but a song and dance from Kelley, most are loathe to give it more than a 7 or 8 share....
  • We all deserve answers, not a song and dance about how hard the police work and how they don't get no respect.
  • It was a song and dance the two frequently engaged in.
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