Talk:put on one's dancing shoes

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put on one's dancing shoes

New entry. Even the proposer is not sure about it, according to his comments. It's a bit of a snowclone, but not singular enough for an entry, IMO. "Put on your (walking, dancing, sailing, ...) shoes". Not to mention, "Put on your (thinking, working, holiday, etc.) (hat, cap, etc.). -- ALGRIF talk 12:35, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

How would you feel about just dancing shoes, in order to cover other collocations like "with his|her dancing shoes", "wearing his|her dancing shoes"? Renard Migrant (talk) 14:21, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Well, it's not up to me individually. However, we've got running shoes and walking stick amongst other similar entries. I would consider dancing shoes to be an OK entry. Add it if you like, and see if anyone rfd's the entry (probably on the grounds of SoP at a guess). My only reservation on the main topic entry, and other possible similar entries, is that "put on one's dancing shoes" does not mean what it says literally. That makes it an idiomatic phrase. But I think that what is required here is a good snowclone entry. I don't feel up to that task at the moment. -- ALGRIF talk 15:53, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

I think that "put on one's dancing shoes" is not so transparent that its deletable. I would keep it or move it to dancing shoes if it checks out that it's used with verbs other than put on. Renard Migrant (talk) 14:58, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

• The definition is wrong. The phrase does not refer merely to preparing to dance, but to preparing to celebrate and have a good time, irrespective of whether literal dancing is involved. For example:

• 1995, J. Richard Middleton, ‎Brian J. Walsh, Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age, page 120:

  But we can at least begin to put on our dancing shoes as we get ready to celebrate the good news of Genesis 1.

• 2004, Sharon Kay Riddle, Warring at the Window, page 114:

  This is what allows us to put on our dancing shoes when others are moping and whining.

• 2011, Franklin T. Gibbs, The Shocking Truths about Heaven, Hell and Your Birthright Blessing, page 17:

  Well, you can put on your dancing shoes because sicknesses, diseases and abnormalities will never be found in heaven.

• Cheers. bd2412 T 02:06, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for digging up these cites. I added the sense "to prepare for celebration or rejoicing; to put oneself in a positive frame of mind." -Cloudcuckoolander (talk) 06:44, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

• Excellent, thanks. Keep as updated. bd2412 T 17:21, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Keep the second sense. I'm not sure about the first sense; can citations be found where it doesn't refer to literally putting on certain shoes? (If not, then {{&lit}}-ify it.) Possibly move, per Renard, if it turns out to be used with other verbs. Whereas, if it's not moved, we should possibly redirect dancing shoes to it, unless that phrase is separately idiomatic and merits creation, in which case they should just be linked. - -sche (discuss) 22:11, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

• Kept - What BD did was exactly what I'd wanted to do. Thanks a lot. --Zo3rWer (talk) 12:22, 29 September 2015 (UTC)