10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DANCE ATTENDANCE ON SOMEONE»
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... turned up. dance dance attendance on (someone) to have to wait near (
someone) ready to carry out their wishes: She expects everyone to dance
attendance on her. lead (someone) a (merry) dance to keep (someone)
constantly involved in ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... turned up. dance dance attendance on (someone) to have to wait near (
someone) ready to carry out their wishes: She expects everyone to dance
attendance on her. lead (someone) a (merry) dance to keep (someone)
constantly involved in ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz,
1993
The truth of the matter is that it makes no difference whether you're rich or poor: if
you feel ill, you're bound to dance attendance on a doctor, and if you need to
accept authority, you must dance attendance on someone in authority who is ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
dance attendance on someone derog to follow them closely and do whatever
they want • dance to someone's tune to do exactly what they want or expect. •
lead someone a merry dance to involve them in unnecessary difficulties and
exertions.
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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms
DANCE. dance attendance on someone wait on someone in an obsequious or
over-solicitous manner. I wish she'd stop dancing attendance on that spoilt child
of hers. Usually critical. DARBY. Darby and Joan elderly and devoted couple.
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General Knowledge of English Literature
Music To dance attendance on someone—tobe overanxious to please and assist
someone. To lead someonea (pretty) dance—toputsomeone to a great deal of
trouble beforeagreeing to whathe wants. To waltz home—to win easily. The
Press ...
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NTC's Super-Mini English Idioms Dictionary
The much-publicized protest turned out to be a damp squib. dance attendance on
someone to be always ready to tend to someone's wishes or needs. That young
woman has three men dancing attendance on her. Her father expects her to ...
Richard Spears, Betty Kirkpatrick,
2000
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
The unlucky person who had to dance attendance on someone was kept waiting
in an antechamber before being called in to speak to the elevated personage
they had come to see. There they would no doubt fidget and kick their heels, as if
...
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Chambers concise dictionary
dance attendance on someone derog to follow them closely and do whatever
they want, dance to someone's tune to do exactly what they want or expect, lead
someone a merry dance to involve them in unnecessary difficulties and exertions.
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Empowerment Thro' Verbs and Idioms
Dance attendance on someone 190. A hop jump and a skip away 1 9 1. Fit for a
king 1 92. Every inch a king 1 93. The queen bee 1 94. Meet Prince Charming 1
95. Have one's stomach tied up in knots 1 96. Could have knocked someone ...
Dr. A.N.P. Ummerkutty, Sura Books Staff,
2004