horse opera | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Atheatricalproduction,film, orprogramonradioortelevisiondepictingadventuresof characters in theAmericanOld West; awestern.Synonyms:hoss opera,oater,oat opera1952November 3, “Way Out West”, inTime:Three new examples of Hollywood's staple commodity, thehorse opera, all filmed in color, contain the full quota of galloping and gunplay.2017July 7,Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The AmbitiousWar For The Planet Of The ApesEnds Up Surrendering to Formula”, inThe A.V. Club‎[1], archived fromthe originalon27 November 2017:It's in thishorse-operamode thatWar For The Planet Of The Apesfinds its most rewarding rhythms: in the parallels between Caesar's woodland stronghold and the archetypal frontier settlements of Western fiction;[…]; (idiomatic,archaic)Anequestrianshow, as in acircus.Synonyms:hoss opera,oat opera1856March 31, “Affairs in California: San Francisco”, inNew York Times, retrieved 30 Mar. 2009:The Ravels, after having played a successful engagement at the Metropolitan, closed last evening, and sail to-day for New-Orleans, and now we have no amusement but nigger minstrels and thehorse opera—i.e., circus.1879January 29, “On the Parisian Boards: Another of Jules Verne's Stories on the Stage”, inNew York Times, retrieved 30 Mar. 2009:Nor is it much easier to give the analysis of this extraordinary odyssey, which relates the trials, sufferings, and adventures of an ex-Sous-Prefêt, who has married a circus rider, and has abandoned home, friends, and position, to become the manager of an itineranthorse-opera.

Examples:

EN: - You working in this horse opera too? - Uh-huh.
ES: ¿También trabajas en el western?
EN: This is a wedding, not a horse opera.
ES: Esto es una boda, no una gala de ópera.
EN: Do you remember that... horse opera you did for DeMille... when you looked at Bushman, when he showed you his gun?
ES: ¿Recuerdas ese... western que hiciste para DeMille... y cómo miraste a Bushman cuando él te enseñó el arma?
EN: As a devotee of horse opera novels, he hoped the Alaskan frontier might inspire him.
ES: Era partidario de las novelas de vaqueros... y esperaba que la frontera de Alaska lo inspirara.
EN: Like a horse opera or something. I don't even know what you're saying.
ES: Como una cosa de caballos o algo.
EN: Like a horse opera or something.
ID: Seperti kuda opera atau yang lainnya.
EN: We've heard of rock operas, space operas, but have you ever heard of a horse opera?
TE: గో సేవ చేయటానికి గోశాలలు నిర్మాణం గురించి విన్నాం, కాని గోవుల కోసం ఒక విశ్వవిద్యాలయం ఉండడం ఎప్పుడైనా విన్నామా?

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