the show must go on
idiom
informal
—used to say that a performance, event, etc., must continue even though there are problems
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There’s also that old line, better known from the stage, that the show must go on.
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Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers National Gallery (September 14, 2024 to January 19, 2025)
Despite a recent drama at the National Gallery’s blockbuster Van Gogh exhibition, when activists threw soup at an iconic ‘Sunflowers’ painting, the show must go on.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Maren Morris knows that sometimes, the show must go on.
—Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
But the message from the Trump campaign, and indeed from Donald Trump himself, has been essentially that the show must go on.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 14 July 2024
Zach Bryan knows the show must go on — even when a spider is involved.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
But being Broadway's big night, the show must go on!
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 12 June 2023
The palace is keen to stress stability, so the show must go on.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
The film follows a group of entertainers at an all-inclusive island resort preparing for the busy tourist season who are forced to wrestle with the dark reality that the show must go on as the sultry Mediterranean nights turn violent.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Nov. 2023
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Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers National Gallery (September 14, 2024 to January 19, 2025)
Despite a recent drama at the National Gallery’s blockbuster Van Gogh exhibition, when activists threw soup at an iconic ‘Sunflowers’ painting, the show must go on.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Maren Morris knows that sometimes, the show must go on.
—Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
But the message from the Trump campaign, and indeed from Donald Trump himself, has been essentially that the show must go on.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 14 July 2024
Zach Bryan knows the show must go on — even when a spider is involved.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
But being Broadway's big night, the show must go on!
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 12 June 2023
The palace is keen to stress stability, so the show must go on.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
The film follows a group of entertainers at an all-inclusive island resort preparing for the busy tourist season who are forced to wrestle with the dark reality that the show must go on as the sultry Mediterranean nights turn violent.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Nov. 2023
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