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merry dance

idiom

A useless waste of time resulting from a deception.


Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    dance attendance

    To wait obsequiously (on or upon someone).

  2. 02

    dance of the seven veils

    A striptease performance.

  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

    go on one's merry way

    To depart.

  8. 08

    Kick and Prance

    [Cockney slang]dance

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