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Musical drama?
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song and dance
Word definitions for song and dance in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (label en idiomatic) A display of unnecessary excitement or activity. 2 (label en idiomatic) An excessively elaborate story or excuse used to justify something. 3 (label en idiomatic) An excessively complex set of instructions.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Song and Dance is a musical comprising two acts, one told entirely in " Song " and one entirely in " Dance ", tied together by a unifying love story. The "Song" act is Tell Me on a Sunday , with lyrics by Don Black and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber , about ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. theatrical performance combining singing and dancing an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse [syn: fairytale , fairy tale , fairy story , cock-and-bull story ]
Usage examples of song and dance.
He gave me some song and dance about being my legal guardian in the absence of my father.
Most people don't know the difference, so I don't bother going through the whole song and dance.
She started going with a guy named Robbins, a singer in the Trent House cabaret, and he got her to try a song and dance with him one evening.
The too-clever-by-half confidence man laughed and said Longarm had been right the first time, going into a song and dance about the not only late, but also nonexistent Chad Spooner having introduced them during a payday crap game.
You'll get the old song and dance about how they're too busy now and will work it out later.