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song and dance noun- an elaborate performance or presentation of a story, especially in an effort to persuade US, 1895
- The way the john parks his vehicle in front of you, and methodically takes off his gloves, and reaches into his pouch for his notebook and practically stretches and yawns and enjoys the scenery before condescends to come over for the full song and dance. — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 402, 1961
- Don’t I get a sales talk too, you know, your li’l song ’n dance? — Odie Hawkins, Chicago Hustle, p. 132, 1977
- I start giving him a song-and-dance, filling him in on the history of how the Church disposed of the cemetery full of good Catholics[.] — Robert Campbell, The Cat’s Meow, p. 197, 1988
- a fuss, an outcry US, 1895
Something trivial or of little account is “nothing to make a song and dance about”. - I can’t make a song and dance about the loot I’ve got[.] — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 109, 2001
- a strip search US
- — John R. Armore and Joseph D. Wolfe, Dictionary of Desperation, p. 50, 1976
- a chance UK
Rhyming slang. - Any song and dance of a sub till the weekend? — Ray Puxley, Cockney Rabbit, 1992
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