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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 4:29 am    Post subject: music metaphors Reply with quote

bells and whistles
change one's tune
concord
dissonance
drum up business
Everyone is out of step but him.
fanfare
fiddle around
follow the beat of a different drummer
grand finale
harmony
He who pays the piper chooses the tune.
horse opera
know the score (Maybe this is a sports metaphor.)
make sweet music together
monotonous
orchestrate
out of step
overture
play Hearts and Flowers
play second fiddle
prima donna (Okay, so that's Italian.)
soap opera
song of woe
space opera
swan song
take one's bows
tune-up

Bobster, maybe you started something.
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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