soft shoe | Idiomator

Meaning: (performing arts)A kind oftap dancingperformed in soft-soledshoes, popular invaudeville.1966Jan. 15, "Sunday(TV listings),"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, p. 19(retrieved 5 Oct 2008):Between Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Newley there's a delightful exhibition of the dances and their origin dating gack a few hundred years, from the clog to the buck, the wing, and the buck and wing, and on to the oldsoft shoeand more.2018December 12, Charles Bramesco, “A Spoonful of Nostalgia Helps the CalculatedMary Poppins ReturnsGo Down”, inThe A.V. Club‎[1], archived fromthe originalon24 May 2019:Like the technically astounding and spiritually hollow production numbers, however,[Emily] Bluntcan't situate the sentimental energy in a deeper foundation. Her excellence gets left in a sort of vacuum when paired with the fully extraneous train wreck of a visit withMeryl Streepas kooky Poppins cousin Topsy or some discomfitingsoft shoefrom a creakyDick Van Dyke.; (idiomatic)Aspeech,explanation,sales pitch, or other set ofremarksdelivered in arestrainedorconciliatorymanner in order topersuade,distract, or otherwiseinfluencesomeone.2001November 26, Adam Piore, “Red, White And What A Deal!”, inNewsweek, retrieved1 May 2014:Is the salesman'ssoft-shoeappropriate in a time of national mourning?

Examples:

EN: That's right. Get ready for the soft shoe dance.
ES: Ahora prepárate para el baile de las zapatillas.
EN: A soft shoe dance?
ES: ¿Un baile de zapatos suaves?
EN: ♪Tea for two lf Edie was any good, the soft shoe's out.
ES: Té para dos. Si Edie fue buena alguna vez es un zapato blando ahora.
EN: If she was any good at all. It's all soft shoe now, you know.
ES: Si fue buena ahora es todo zapato blando, ya sabes.
EN: I did that... the soft shoe.
ES: Eso hacía, el zapato blando.
EN: They're from my soft shoe number.
ES: Van con mi show de zapatos.
EN: A little soft shoe, then he robs them!
ES: Incluso asilos de ancianos, se queda con su dinero.
EN: But that turns your new hard shoes into the old soft shoe.
ES: Tus zapatos nuevos y rígidos serán tan cómodos que podrás bailar con ellos. Klaus.
EN: Tim, do you call that a soft shoe?
ES: - Tim. ¿A eso le llamas bailar?
EN: I could do a soft shoe.
ES: Podría hacer un número de zapateado.
EN: Well, the soft shoe polish fills in the cracks makes the tyres... Look spick and span, good as new.
ES: La pomada tapa las grietas... y hace que los neumáticos parezcan nuevos.
EN: ...and a little soft shoe.
ES: Adiós.
EN: * That old soft shoe * * is comin' around the bend * that's enough.That's enough.
ES: * Ese viejo zapato suave * * Viene alrededor de la curva * Es suficiente.
EN: How about a little soft shoe?
ES: ¿Qué tal un poco de zapateo?
EN: ♪ He would do the old soft shoe
ES: Podía hacer el viejo "soft shoe"... # ... Y luego tan suavemente, oh, tan suavemente... # ...posarse. Y luego saltar tan alto... # ...

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