Tap dance like mad negative spoken language verb phrase
Used to describe saying a lot or moving fast to distract others.
Why are you tap-dancing like that? Are you trying to hide something from me?
The boy started tap-dancing when I asked him about his previous exam. I'm sure that he got a bad score.
My boyfriend tap-danced when I asked who he was texting yesterday. Do you think he has an affair with another girl?
Used to describe being busy continuously.
You really know how to tap-dance when I have you do things, huh?
It's mostly used in the present tense.
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.