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"ref": "1995, M.K. Gupta, How To Remain Ever Happy",
"text": "You simply become a puppet in the hands of others who will make you dance to their tune. In other words, you reduce yourself to a slave or beggar by mortgaging your happiness on the mercy of others.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, God'spower E O Udjor, The Dance of Herodias Daughter: Revealing Satan’s Last Deception in the Church, page 51",
"text": "Satan doesn't care whether they carry the bible; he doesn't care whether they say Jesus is Lord. That's not his problem; he has successfully used them to create a counterfeit church to confuse the populace. He knows they are already his and they dance to his tune ... their destiny is sealed.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, E.V. Thompson, Dream Traders",
"text": "If the other traders followed our example, relations between Britain and China would improve dramatically. Think about it the next time you go off in a huff because the Chinese won't dance to your tune.'",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Bernadette Reynolds, Dance to Your Own Tune, page 1",
"text": "We are on earth to dance to our own tune! We have to know who I the individual is.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To do what someone demands or expects, do as told, defer to someone's wishes or demands, do someone's bidding."
],
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"do someone's bidding",
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"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "danse efter nogens pibe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "naar iemands pijpen dansen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "tanssia jonkun pillin mukaan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "nach jemandes Pfeife tanzen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "ballare al ritmo dettato da qualcuno"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "farsi comandare a bacchetta da qualcuno"
},
{
"alt": "だれかのいいなりになる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dareka no iinari ni naru",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "誰かの言いなりになる"
},
{
"alt": "ほいほいしたがう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hoihoi shitagau",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "ほいほい従う"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "danse etter noens pipe"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "be sâze kasi raqsidan",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "به ساز کسی رقصیدن"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "dansa efter någons pipa"
}
]
}
],
"word": "dance to someone's tune"
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"ref": "1995, M.K. Gupta, How To Remain Ever Happy",
"text": "You simply become a puppet in the hands of others who will make you dance to their tune. In other words, you reduce yourself to a slave or beggar by mortgaging your happiness on the mercy of others.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, God'spower E O Udjor, The Dance of Herodias Daughter: Revealing Satan’s Last Deception in the Church, page 51",
"text": "Satan doesn't care whether they carry the bible; he doesn't care whether they say Jesus is Lord. That's not his problem; he has successfully used them to create a counterfeit church to confuse the populace. He knows they are already his and they dance to his tune ... their destiny is sealed.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, E.V. Thompson, Dream Traders",
"text": "If the other traders followed our example, relations between Britain and China would improve dramatically. Think about it the next time you go off in a huff because the Chinese won't dance to your tune.'",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Bernadette Reynolds, Dance to Your Own Tune, page 1",
"text": "We are on earth to dance to our own tune! We have to know who I the individual is.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To do what someone demands or expects, do as told, defer to someone's wishes or demands, do someone's bidding."
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "danse efter nogens pibe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "naar iemands pijpen dansen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "tanssia jonkun pillin mukaan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "nach jemandes Pfeife tanzen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "ballare al ritmo dettato da qualcuno"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "farsi comandare a bacchetta da qualcuno"
},
{
"alt": "だれかのいいなりになる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dareka no iinari ni naru",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "誰かの言いなりになる"
},
{
"alt": "ほいほいしたがう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hoihoi shitagau",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "ほいほい従う"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "danse etter noens pipe"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "be sâze kasi raqsidan",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "به ساز کسی رقصیدن"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to do what someone expects",
"word": "dansa efter någons pipa"
}
],
"word": "dance to someone's tune"
}
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