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Meaning of have a cadenza in English:

have a cadenza

phrase

informal South African

  • Be extremely agitated.

    • ‘the party is having a cadenza about subliminal messages on the news’
    • ‘You're gonna have a cadenza when you hear who I sat next to at the event.’

    Origin

    Said to be from Danny Kaye's The Little Fiddle, a humorous recording made in the 1940s.