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2021-07-03 12:07
A dance card noun
An official list of appointments
Because my dance card is full for the next few days, you have to wait until next week if you want to discuss this problem with me in person.
Being a famous actor, his dance card is always full.
A list of the partners with whom a woman intends to dance in a formal party or event.
I want to add his name into my dance card for the next party.
What's planned for today?
A religious holiday that is on a different date each year.
Used to say that someone has a schedule or workload that is filled to capacity with obligations, tasks, or problems.
1. To write something in pencil in order to modify or delete it afterwards.
2. To arrange or plan something for a tentative or temporary time or date.
3. To make a tentative appointment with someone.
The using a card to list prospective partners of women at a formal dance dates back to the early 1800s. Although it has become old-fashioned, the expression still exists. In 2010 an online journal Gawker used the headline: “The Dance-Card Problem, College Girls Outnumber College Guys.”
Do you see anything wrong?
It was often said by a photographer when he would like small children to look at the camera and smile before he took a photo.
When the photographer said “watch the birdie”, all of us looked at the camera and smiled.
