n.Phrases and idioms:
do a Melba Austral. sl.
1. return from retirement.
2 make several farewell appearances. Melba sauce a sauce made from pur{eacute}ed raspberries thickened with icing sugar. Melba toast very thin crisp toast. peach Melba a dish of ice-cream and peaches with liqueur or sauce.
Etymology: Dame Nellie Melba, Austral. operatic soprano d. 1931