stop the music

and stop the presses

Inf. Stop everything!; Hold it! (Presses refers to the printing presses used to print newspapers. This means that there is recent news of such magnitude that the presses must be stopped so a new edition can be printed immediately.) John (entering the room): Stop the music! There's a fire in the kitchen! Mary: Good grief! Let's get out of here! "Stop the presses!" shouted Jane. "I have an announcement."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Urijah	-	Biblical
Raimonda	rie-MON-dah	Italian
Kaiser	-	Various
Tania	TAHN-yə (English), TAN-yə (English), TAH-nyah (Italian)	English, Italian
Angelou	['ændʒə.lu:]
Paquito	-	Spanish