"all singing, all dancing" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From the advertising posters used to promote the 1929 film The Broadway Melody – Hollywood’s first all-talking musical (as opposed to partially talking, partially silent) – which proclaimed the film to be “All Talking All Singing All Dancing” – see film poster. In full, the poster reads: METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER’S ALL TALKING ALL SINGING ALL DANCING PICTURE THE BROADWAY MELODY Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} all singing, all dancing (not comparable)
  1. Having many features, options or extras; sometimes used ironically to imply that the added features are just gimmicks. Wikipedia link: All singing, all dancing (idiom), The Broadway Melody Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: all-singing, all-dancing, all-singing-and-dancing Related terms: bells and whistles

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