a song and dance about something

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

a song and ˈdance (about sth) idiom
1. (BrE, informal, disapproving)if you make a song and dance about sth, you complain or talk about it too much when this is not necessary
•She gives generously to charity without making a song and dance about it.
2. countable (NAmE, informal)a long explanation about sth, or excuse for sth
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