TODAY'S IDIOM: MAKE A SONG AND DANCE ABOUT (SOMETHING)

"MAKE A SONG AND DANCE ABOUT (SOMETHING)"

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. 

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!

Hacer escándalo.

Example sentences:

• 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 / Carol piensa que la gente debería estar enfadado por las injusticias en el mundo, pero en lugar de eso hacen escándalo por cosas como el alto precio de los plátanos. 

• The staff in our company are making a song and dance about how bad the coffee in the canteen is / El personal de nuestra empresa está haciendo escándalo de lo mal que es el café en el comedor.

Additional examples:

• I only asked her to move her car but she made such a song and dance about it. 

• He made a real song and dance about giving up meat.

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