I only asked her to move her car but she made such a song and dance about it.
He made a real song and dance about giving up meat.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
make a song and dance about something — british informal phrase to complain a lot about something in an annoying and unnecessary way Every morning she made a great song and dance about getting ready for school. Thesaurus: to complainsynonym Main entry: song * * * … Useful english dictionary
make a song and dance about something — British informal to complain a lot about something in an annoying and unnecessary way Every morning she made a great song and dance about getting ready for school … English dictionary
make a song and dance about — (something) Brit informal 1 : to cause a lot of excitement about (something) The film is nothing to make a song and dance about. 2 : to complain about (something) in a way that is excessive or unnecessary He was making a big song and dance about… … Useful english dictionary
make a song and dance about doing something — make a song and dance about (something/doing something) British & Australian to make something seem more important than it really is so that everyone notices it. I only asked her to move her car but she made such a song and dance about it. He… … New idioms dictionary
make a song and dance about — (something/doing something) British & Australian to make something seem more important than it really is so that everyone notices it. I only asked her to move her car but she made such a song and dance about it. He made a real song and dance… … New idioms dictionary
make a song and dance — (UK) If someone makes a song and dance, they make an unecessary fuss about something unimportant. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If someone complains in an annoying way or becomes unnecessarily excited about something unimportant,… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
make a song and dance — (UK) If someone makes a song and dance, they make an unecessary fuss about something unimportant … The small dictionary of idiomes
song and dance — noun 1. theatrical performance combining singing and dancing • Hypernyms: ↑performance, ↑public presentation 2. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse • Syn: ↑fairytale, ↑fairy tale, ↑fairy story, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Song and Dance — Infobox Musical name=Song and Dance imagesize=300px caption= music= Andrew Lloyd Webber lyrics= Don Black, additional lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. book= basis= productions= 1982 West End 1985 Broadway 2007 Israel awards= Song and Dance is a… … Wikipedia
song — W2S2 [sɔŋ US so:ŋ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(music with words)¦ 2¦(birds)¦ 3 for a song 4 a song and dance (about something) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: sang] 1.) ¦(MUSIC WITH WORDS)¦ a) a short p … Dictionary of contemporary English
