the show must go on
idiom
informal
—used to say that a performance, event, etc., must continue even though there are problems
Examples of the show must go on in a Sentence
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But being Broadway's big night, the show must go on!
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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
But still, the show must go on, and the White Sox will have Jesse Scholtens on the mound to try and grab a victory in Detroit.
—Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
But, according to the Venice Film Festival, the show must go on.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2023
The Primetime Emmys were delayed, but the show must go on for the Television Academy 75th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 Aug. 2023
But when the spotlights again turn on, the entertainers learn that the show must go on.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 1 Aug. 2023
But when the spotlights come up again, the show must go on.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 July 2023
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
But still, the show must go on, and the White Sox will have Jesse Scholtens on the mound to try and grab a victory in Detroit.
—Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
But, according to the Venice Film Festival, the show must go on.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2023
The Primetime Emmys were delayed, but the show must go on for the Television Academy 75th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 Aug. 2023
But when the spotlights again turn on, the entertainers learn that the show must go on.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 1 Aug. 2023
But when the spotlights come up again, the show must go on.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 July 2023
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