Tony在中国待了小十年了，一口普通话说得很地道，每次跟陌生人交流过后，对方第一句话总是惊叹他的华语水平如此之高，而每当这时他总会轻描淡写地说上一句:" Let's not make a song and dance about it."

大家可别误会了，Tony 这会儿说的可不是什么“我们别又唱又跳啦”！他的意思是"这可没什么大不了的！（别大惊小怪的！）" 他这里所用的 "make a song and dance about something" 是一句地道的口语，跟载歌载舞可没啥关系，意思就是对某件事小题大做、大惊小怪的意思。

to make a song and dance about something

对…小题大做、大惊小怪

【En】To make something seem more important than it really is so that everyone notices it. 使某件事看起来比它实际上更重要，以便每个人都注意到它。If someone makes a song and dance about something, they react in a very anxious, excited, or angry way to something that is not important. 如果有人为某事唱歌跳舞，表示某人会对不重要的事情做出非常焦虑、兴奋或愤怒的反应。American English an explanation or excuse that is too long and complicated. (美式英语)冗长而复杂的解释或借口。

● He used his money to help others–but he never made a song and dance about it.

他用自己的钱去帮助别人，但他从来不为此而大吹大擂。

● Suzy was there, making a song and dance about her aching feet.

苏茜在那儿，把她脚上的疼痛说得很夸张。

● She gave us a long song and dance about why she was late.

她对我们喋喋不休地解释她为什么迟到。

【Trans-Scenario 场景实例】

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

我只是请她挪一下车，但她却小题大做。

● Look, I would really just rather not make a song and dance about my birthday, please.

听着，我真的不想对我的生日大惊小怪的，拜托了。

● You may be a bit upset, but it's really nothing to make a song and dance about.

你可能有点心烦意乱，但这真的没什么大不了的。

● But to the children of Gloucestershire, it's just making a song and dance about having fun.

但对格洛斯特郡的孩子们来说，这些不过只是为了找乐子而小题大做罢了。

● There's no need to make a song and dance of it. Just convey the facts.

没有必要小题大做。只传达事实就好了。

● We just had a little kiss, but now he's making this whole song and dance about it.

我们只是简单地亲吻了一下，但现在他却为此而小题大作。

● They're unhappy about the extra hours they've been asked to work and they're making a real song and dance about it.

他们对被要求加班感到很不高兴，他们对此真是在大惊小怪。

● The only one making a song and dance is you.

只有你自己对此大惊小怪的。

● People have to deal with problems like this every day and they don't go around making a song and dance about it.

人们每天都要面对这样的问题，他们不会到处为此而大惊小怪。

● They sorted the matter out without any song and dance.

他们一声不吭地就把这件事解决了。

● My aunt makes a real song and dance about people arriving late, so hurry up.

我阿姨对于迟到的事真的会小题大作的，所以还是快点吧。

● Our victory over a football team considerably inferior to our own was nothing to make a song and dance about.

我们战胜了一个远不如我们的足球队，这并没有什么值得大吹大擂的。

出处：头条号 @穿梭英语Transpeak