lead a dance

Meaning

1. lead sb a (merry) dance

   to cause sb a lot of trouble or worry

In the movies · 1

• It's not for the whore to say yes sir or no sir It's not for the harlot to pick or to choose Or to lead me a danceLes Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• I made her lead dancer!Donnie Darko2001

From the same entry

• lead by the nose
• lead from the front
• lead nowhere
• lead up the garden path
• the blind leading the blind
• you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
• lead the life of Riley
• one thing leads to another
• lead off
• lead off
• lead on
• lead up to