| 词汇 | a song and dance (about something) |
| 释义 | a song and dance (about something)a song and dance (about something) informal a) British EnglishBrECOMPLAIN if you make a song and dance about something, you behave as if it was worse, more important, more difficult etc than it really is （对某事）小题大做 Suzy was there, making a song and dance about her aching feet. 苏济在那里大呼小叫地说脚疼。 b) American EnglishAmEREASON an explanation or excuse that is too long and complicated 冗长的解释；长而复杂的借口 → swansong She gave us a long song and dance about why she was late. 她向我们长篇大论地解释她为什么迟到。 Examples from the Corpus making a song and dance• But to the children of Gloucestershire, it's just making a song and dance about having fun. → a song and dance (about something) at song(2) |
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