La danse commence là-bas, fighting has broken out yonder.
“Mon Caporal, there is great news: La danse commence là-bas.”—Ouida: Under Two Flags, chap. xxv.
A la danse. On the march.
“The regiment was ordered out a la danse There was fresh war in the interior.”—Ouida: Under Two Flags, chap. xxv. (See Dance.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.