ADO
NOUNS
► ALL TALK AND NO CIDER much ado about nothing; a great deal of fuss, but very little result → 1807 Amer.
► BANGNUE much ado about nothing; a great fuss about something trivial → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BESOIGNE ado, business, affair, duties → 1474 obs.
► BUG-A-BOO a commotion, an ado → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HUMDUDGEON much ado about nothing; needless noise or fuss → 1790 Sc.
► PADDLE ado, fuss → 1642 obs.
► TAW much ado; difficulty, laborious effort → 1825 Sc. obs.
► TOUSE ► TOWSE an ado, a fuss, an outcry; a commotion, a disturbance → 1836 Amer. dial.
PHRASES
► ALL SQUEAL AND NO WOOL much ado and little result; a lot of effort amounting to nothing → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GREAT CRY AND LITTLE WOOL much ado about nothing; much fuss or noise with little results → 1579
► MUCH CRY AND LITTLE WOOL much ado about nothing; much fuss or noise with little results → 1460
VERBS
► FIDDLTIE-FA to hesitate; to make much ado about a thing → 1900 Sc.
► HAIVER to make much ado about doing anything; to be lazy at work → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► HAWK to make much ado before doing anything; to hesitate, to hum and haw → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► PIDDLE ABOUT to make an ado about nothing much → 20C
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