dancing lemons
n.— «As the school trustees resume their hunt, it’s become increasingly obvious that this exercise is flawed. Perhaps fatally. With head- hunter Bill Attea on the case, we’re just asking for another crop of dancing lemons.» —“Rogers makes a ‘super’ pitch” by Ken Ward Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nev.) Dec. 23, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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