soap opera noun
plural ∼ -eras [count] : a television or radio program that has continuing stories about the daily lives and problems of a group of people
▪ She loves to watch daytime soap operas. — sometimes used figuratively ▪ My life is a soap opera. [=my life has a lot of dramatic events and problems like the ones that occur in soap operas] —called also (informal) soap
▪ She loves to watch daytime soap operas. — sometimes used figuratively ▪ My life is a soap opera. [=my life has a lot of dramatic events and problems like the ones that occur in soap operas] —called also (informal) soap
