One idea · 3 languages

“Make a song and dance about something”in other languages

Make an unnecessary fuss.

  • English
  • French
  • Russian
Behind the words

Same idea, different pictures

English comes from the music hall, where a “song and dance” was a showy act. Russian builds a vegetable garden, огород городить, a big project over a small matter.

French faire un pataquès began as a slip of the tongue, a wrong letter slipped between two words, and grew into any clumsy blunder or needless fuss.

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