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!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English

!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

make a song and dance about something


 British English

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Meaning: If you make a song and dance about something, you make a big deal out of, or a fuss over, something that isn't very important.
For example:
  • Why are people making such a song and dance about the fact that the health minister used to smoke cigarettes? You'd think he'd worshipped the devil from the way they're carrying on about it!
  • Carol thinks people should be angry about the injustices in the world, but instead they make a song and dance about things like the high price of bananas.
Variety: This idiom is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

Quick Quiz:
The staff in our company are making a song and dance about
  1. how bored their receptionist seems
  2. how short the new security guard is
  3. how bad the coffee in the canteen is
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