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song and dance

歌舞,歌舞表演,歌舞升平,歌舞团

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a story or statement, especially an untrue or misleading one designed to evade the matter at hand: Every time he's late, he gives me a song and dance about oversleeping.

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Examples

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • I still do find it a tremendously useful device to invent a character and have the character sing the song.

  • Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is a different sound for you.

  • The moon seemed to smile on him; the aurora appeared to dance with unwonted vigour, as if in glee; the very stars winked at him!

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

  • No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.

  • At this moment the tinkling of a mule's bells, mingled with the song of the muleteer, came on the air.

  • Gushing waters thrilled the ears with the sweetness of an old familiar song.