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dance of the seven veils

idiom

A striptease performance.


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  1. 01

    cloud seven

    Often in the phrase on cloud seven: a state of bliss, elation or happiness.

  2. 02

    dance attendance

    To wait obsequiously (on or upon someone).

  3. 03

    dance on nothing

    To be hanged.

  4. 04

    dance on someone's grave

    To celebrate a person's death or downfall triumphantly.

  5. 05

    dance with the devil

    To engage in risky and immoral behavior.

  6. 06

    fan dance

    The incremental disclosure of tantalizing bits of information.

  7. 07

    four score and seven years ago

    Used (sometimes sarcastically) to indicate that a past event being mentioned is particularly important: a long time ago; many years ago.

  8. 08

    Kick and Prance

    [Cockney slang]dance

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