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41 song and dance
разг.1) шумиха, свистопляска (обыкн. употр. с гл. to make)...you can bet your boots no one's going to make a song and dance about him. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Up at the Villa’, ch. V) —...можете быть уверены, что никто не будет поднимать шум по поводу исчезновения скрипача.
And would old Fakir Carmichael thank him for making a song and dance about the matter? (A. Christie, ‘They Came to Baghdad’, ch. 6) — А поблагодарит ли его старый факир Кармайкл, если он предаст огласке всю эту историю с покушением?
Why, then, has the Chancellor made these tax changes? And even more to the point - why the song and dance in the Press about them? — Зачем же министр финансов снизил налог на предметы роскоши? Правильнее было бы спросить, зачем пресса подняла такую шумиху по этому поводу.
2) амер. пустая болтовня, ерунда, вздорOh, that's it. Giving her a song and dance about me, I suppose. Little bride runs to mother because hubby doesn't like her biscuits. (J. O'Hara, ‘Appointment in Samarra’, ch. VIII) — А, вот в чем дело. Говоришь матери всякую ерунду обо мне. Женушка бегает к матери жаловаться потому, что муженьку не нравится ее печенье.
3) амер. пустые или лживые отговорки, увёртки; вымышленная история, выдумка (особ. бьющая на жалость)When I asked him to repay me the money, he gave me the usual song and dance about his having many crushing expenses. (HAI) — Когда я попросил его вернуть деньги, он отделался обычной отговоркой, что ему предстоят большие расходы.
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