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Give Song Dance In The Loop 285 A/Some Overly Dramatic Unbelievable

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Idiom GIVE (SOMEONE) A/SOME SONG AND DANCE
Definition to give someone an overly dramatic or unbelievable excuse
Examples
  1. Don’t give me a song and dance about how difficult it was for you to get this work done on time—I know you’ve been goofing off.
  2. We went to collect the rent from Paul, but he gave us some song and dance about not having the money right now.
Cross-Refs

Synonyms: pull the wool over (someone’s) eyes; cock and bull story; snow job
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