a song and dance



a song and dance

  (American)
a long and complicated statement or story, especially one that is not true (usually + about ) She gave me some song and dance about her kids always being sick and not being able to get to the meetings.
See also: and, dance, song

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HatİCe-Turkish
Andria-Georgian, Corsican
Annabellaahn-nah-BEL-lah (Italian), an-ə-BEL-ə (English)Italian, English (Modern)
Ubertooo-BER-toItalian
Lucasta-Literature
Olav-Norwegian, Danish