soap-opera

  • 41soap opera — {n. phr.} Radio or television serialized stories of a sentimental nature, often involving sex, crime, and social intrigue. These shows often advertise soap products, hence their name. * /The two longest running soap operas in the United States… …

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  • 42soap opera — {n. phr.} Radio or television serialized stories of a sentimental nature, often involving sex, crime, and social intrigue. These shows often advertise soap products, hence their name. * /The two longest running soap operas in the United States… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 43soap\ opera — n. phr. Radio or television serialized stories of a sentimental nature, often involving sex, crime, and social intrigue. these shows often advertise soap products, hence their name. The two longest running soap operas in the United States were… …

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  • 44soap opera — /ˈsoʊp ɒprə / (say sohp opruh) noun Colloquial a radio or television play presented serially in short regular programs, dealing usually with domestic problems, especially in a highly emotional manner. {so called because originally sponsored on US …

  • 45soap opera — noun A television serial, typically broadcast in the afternoon or evening, about the lives of melodramatic characters, which are often filled with strong emotions, highly dramatic situations and suspense. Syn: soap, daytime serial, story …

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  • 46soap opera — noun a television or radio drama serial dealing with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters. Origin 1930s: so named because such serials were orig. sponsored in the US by soap manufacturers …

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  • 47soap opera — noun (C) a soap 1 (2) …

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  • 48soap opera — noun a serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television (frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap products) • Hypernyms: ↑serial, ↑series …

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  • 49The Kinks Present a Soap Opera — Soap Opera Album par The Kinks Sortie 16 mai 1975 Enregistrement août octobre 1974 Durée 52:29 Genre rock Producteur …

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  • 50soap opera — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. melodrama, show, drama, program, play …

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