Usage of "song and dance"

португальский

каталонский

An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse.

Синонимы

Examples for "fairytale"

But is this fairytale of urban planning too good to be true? 
 The Guardian 

It was a fairytale that actually happened to my life last year. 
 The Guardian 

In the second half, their fairytale continued and they doubled their lead. 
 The South African 

One way or another, that fairytale will reach its conclusion on Saturday. 
 The Guardian 

On a sunny morning in spring they suggest knights in a fairytale. 
 T. Tembarom 

This is the real Indian fairy tale of the birth of Mon-daw-min. 
 Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know 

It was like a fairy tale come true, for both of them. 
 Journey 

You can't disguise yourself-anymore than the Princess in the fairy tale. 
 Red Pepper's Patients / With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in... 

She saw a new world, like a vision in a fairy tale. 
 Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid 

The environment struck them as the setting of an unfriendly fairy tale. 
 Death of a Red Heroine 

The old Chinese fairy story hits upon a fundamental and vital truth. 
 The Mind and Its Education 

I've never read a fairy story that reads quite like this one. 
 The Angel Stone 

The purely imaginative or fanciful, and here belongs the so-called fairy story. 
 Children's Rights: A Book of Nursery Logic 

The thought of the fairy story flashed back into the lawyer's mind. 
 Red-Robin 

It was a fairy night, and the thing was a fairy story. 
 The Sleuth of St. James's Square 

Do you expect me to believe any such cock-and-bull story as that? 
 Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others 

Then he asked himself: Do you really believe this cock-and-bull story? 
 Spiral 

This is the third time you have given me the same cock-and-bull story. 
 Autobiography of a Yogi 

It's only going to sound like some cock-and-bull story to them. 
 The Dreaming Place 

So he came here to drink my ale, and tell his cock-and-bull story. 
 Put Yourself in His Place 

Использование термина song and dance на английском

The wicked slaves expended their pent up emotions in song and dance. 
 Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States... 

SOCRATES: Again; you sometimes accompany the lyre with the song and dance? 
 Alcibiades I 

On her withdrawal the chorus break once more into song and dance. 
 The Greek View of Life 

Music and song and dance, with cymbals, and stringed instruments, and drums. 
 The Tarn of Eternity 

It's not just a song and dance that raises Brett's spirits, though. 
 The South African 

It originated in song and dance, in music, in our heart's rhythm. 
 The Irish Times 

Mpumlwana made quite the song and dance addressing the media yesterday. 
 The South African 

Samoans around New Zealand celebrated 54 years of independence with song and dance. 
 Radio NZ 

Cork 2005: Culture is more than song and dance and sport. 
 The Irish Times 

Children gather in the sun to practice traditional song and dance. 
 BBC 

He would get up in the morning with song and dance. 
 The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns 

He's doing a song and dance act in a variety theatre in Chicago. 
 Tales from Bohemia 

The day of warmth and song and dance changed to a cool evening. 
 The Place Beyond the Winds 

A man and woman were doing a song and dance upon the stage. 
 Tales from Bohemia 

Really, I could make quite a song and dance about it. 
 Look Back on Happiness 

It's the same ole song and dance, it's not getting better down there. 
 Reuters 

Translations for song and dance

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Значения термина song and dance на английском