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  noun

  a comedy (1598?) by Shakespeare.
• much ado about nothing
  much ado about nothing

  A big fuss over a trifle, as in Jerry had everyone running around looking for his gloves—much ado about nothing. Although this expression is best remembered as the title of Shakespeare's comedy, the phrase much ado was already being used for a big commotion or trouble in the early 1500s.

Much Ado About Nothing

American  

noun

1. a comedy (1598?) by Shakespeare.

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much ado about nothing Idioms  

1. A big fuss over a trifle, as in Jerry had everyone running around looking for his gloves—much ado about nothing. Although this expression is best remembered as the title of Shakespeare's comedy, the phrase much ado was already being used for a big commotion or trouble in the early 1500s.

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Example Sentences

Whether helping his mother was Much Ado About Nothing and if The Tempest of more problematic public appearances lies ahead remains to be seen.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2022

Washington, who last performed Shakespeare on screen in 1993's "Much Ado About Nothing," is superb in the title role, playing up Macbeth's fears while also making his madness credible.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021

Washington has experience with Shakespeare adaptations, starring as Julius Caesar on Broadway in 2005 as well a role in Kenneth Branagh’s 1993 big screen take on Much Ado About Nothing.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2019

Over the next four years, he would write, produce, and act in a half-dozen stone masterpieces: Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet.

From Slate • Nov. 7, 2016

Which, if you haven’t read Much Ado About Nothing lately, was Mrs. Baker’s way of saying that a whole lot could happen.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt