to dance like nobody is watching
- idiom
- Informal
:
bailar como si nadie estuviera mirando
- She decided to dance like nobody is watching and soon the whole room joined in her energy.
Examples
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Whenever he feels stressed, Tom puts on music and dances like nobody is watching.
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Just dance like nobody is watching!
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If you want to truly enjoy life, sometimes you just need to dance like nobody is watching.
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She always dances like nobody is watching at parties.
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Whenever he feels stressed, Tom puts on music and dances like nobody is watching.
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She decided to dance like nobody is watching and soon the whole room joined in her energy.
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If you want to truly enjoy life, sometimes you just need to dance like nobody is watching.
Synonyms
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8.6
Enjoy yourself by dancing with a lot of energy
Move your body freely and confidently without worrying about other people
How Uninhibited
- Informal
- Informal
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
dance + like + nobody + be + watching
The meaning ‘to dance freely without worrying about being observed’ is directly inferable from the literal parts: 'dance' combined with the simile 'like nobody is watching' expresses acting as if no one is present. This is a common grammatical simile pattern found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to derive the intended meaning.
Etymology
Dance like nobody is watching is a modern saying that creates the picture of you dancing alone, with nobody watching you, like when you let go and move at home. That's why it means 'to dance freely and joyfully without worrying about being judged'.