dance attendance | Idiomator

Meaning: (archaic,idiomatic)Towaitobsequiously(onoruponsomeone).1613(date written),William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene ii]:A man of his place, and so near our favour, / Todance attendanceon their lordships' pleasure.2002,Colin Jones,The Great Nation, Penguin, published2003, page33:Astonishingly, the king's health rallied, causing Orléans's antechamber to become deserted again as courtiers rushed back todance attendanceat the royal bedside.

Examples:

EN: Had to turn myself inside out, dance attendance on the kid like a monkey on a stick... just so she'd write me in as guardian for the boy.
ES: Tuve que cambiar totalmente, bailar... ¿crees que iba a dejar todo eso simplemente porque tú decidiste...
EN: Now, my Lord Mayor, I dance attendance here.
ES: Milord Corregidor, temo que me he equivocado.
EN: You'll be worn to a thread, with me away, the clinic to run, and Dame Sybil Thorndike to dance attendance on.
ES: Tendrá que coger las riendas, conmigo fuera, el trabajo de la clínica y la asistencia a la fiesta de la señora Sybil Thorndike.
EN: I dance attendance here.
ES: Espero a que me atiendan.

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