Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A theatrical performance that combines singing and dancing.
- n. Slang An excessively elaborate effort to explain or justify.
- n. Slang An elaborate story or explanation intended to deceive or mislead.
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic An excessively elaborate story or excuse used to justify something
- n. idiomatic An excessively complex set of instructions
WordNet 3.0
- n. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
- n. theatrical performance combining singing and dancing
Examples
“A perfectionist in song and dance and my kindred spirit in terms of emotional sensitivity, my only hope in life is to touch lives once with something I do the way he did with a truckload of otherworldly achievements.”
“I protested at the time, yet since we left the town you have continued to lead us a song and dance through the Judean hills.”
“I do everything, from Sheeny monologue to team song and dance and Dutch comedian.”
“Cavell's mind had cracked at last, but let's play it casual, let's not any of us make a song and dance about it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘song and dance’.
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such and such
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Siamese Twins - X and/or Y
Collocations with 'and' & 'or'
neither fish nor ..., neither hide nor ..., alive and kicking, all or nothing, an arm and a leg, apples and oranges, back and forth, be-all and end-all, bells and whistles, black and white, blood and guts, bow and arrow and 230 more...
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...yearling, wild celery, Wain, Themis, talon, slither, sedge, sea eagle, scurf, rile, prevaricate, poplar tree and 732 more...
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Things from my memory
nigger baby, mexican jumping bean, puddle jumper, mood ring, pet rock, cat scratch fever, taxman, hippie, vaseline, argyrol, mercurchrome, methiolade and 655 more...
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S is for Sweater Puppy
My S Words
secret agent, sweater puppy, skivvies, soda jerk, surly, space madness, sad sack, sadsack, scoundrel, scrabble, shaken teddy bear..., saucy and 181 more...
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n. pl. song and dances or songs and dances
1. A theatrical performance that combines singing and dancing.
2. Slang
a. An excessively elaborate effort to explain or justify.
b. An elaborate story or explanation intended to deceive or mislead. Feb 4, 2008